British Gas and Barclays team up to help customers save energy

Barclays is offering a 50% discount on a thermostat offering and professional installation to its UK residential mortgage customers

How could a smart meter paired with a thermostat slash monthly energy bills?

OVO Energy will connect smart meters with thermostats to offer customers energy saving advice through an app

First Utility rebranded as Shell Energy and offers 100% green power

It comes a year after Shell bought First Utility, one of the largest challenger energy suppliers in Britain

ENGIE to roll out smart heating tech to UK customers

ENGIE is offering smart heating controls to its customers in the UK. The French utility has joined forces with PassivSystems to provide the technology to those customers who choose its new three-year fixed ENGIE Control tariff at no upfront cost. The controls will provide homeowners with the ability to regulate their heating and hot water […]

London-based cleantech start-up raises £480,000

A cleantech start-up based in London has raised £480,000 in its latest seed funding round. Switchee creates smart thermostats for use by social landlords which are expected to help consumers save money on their heating bills. The latest funding brings the total raised to date to more than £1 million. The smart thermostat learns a […]

£605K funding for social housing smart thermostat

A clean-tech start-up that has developed the first smart thermostat for social housing, has raised £605,000 in seed funding. Switchee said it will use the money to expand the technology to social landlords. It will help residents save money by detecting occupancy and turning heating off when a property is empty as well as help combat […]