This beautiful warm weather means it’s a wrap on our surveying season, until we return in October 2025. Why have we closed our season? In order to deliver our enhanced Heatview® thermal imaging surveys, we need an 8-10 degrees difference between … Read more

Whether you had a Heatview® thermal imaging survey with The CHEESE Project, or elsewhere, let’s talk about what you might want to do next So your surveyor has been through all your rooms with a blower door going to depressurise the … Read more

When people talk about ‘shallow’ or ‘first’ retrofit vs ‘deep’ retrofit, what do they mean? Retro comes from the Latin word ‘back’ or ‘behind’, and in the case of buildings, ‘retrofitting’ simply means fitting something or making changes after the … Read more

We have conducted thermal assessment on many newly built homes since we launched the project. We use a slightly different approach when we are called out to survey buildings or extensions that are still under warranty. When it comes to … Read more

As part of a wider reform of the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPB) framework, the consultation acknowledges the flaws in EPCs and calls for informed responses. The CHEESE Project would like to highlight this opportunity for skilled professionals, tradespeople, academics … Read more

We take a look at different kinds of building maintenance, with examples, to understand the importance of preventative or corrective measures

With energy bills climbing and one in three children growing up in poverty, The CHEESE Project is urging greater support for struggling households on Fuel Poverty Awareness Day this November 27th.

We proudly took home the eco-friendly trophy for Community Energy Organisation of the Year (S/M). Just this past Friday Nov 25th, Community Energy England, the voice for the community energy sector, gathered members, partners and friends at Bristol’s M Shed this past Friday 22 November for its annual, national awards, which celebrate organisations large and small for their contributions towards localised and sustainable energy.

We have appointed a new Business Manager for our project! We very much look forward to working with her as the new season gets under way.  Willow is an experienced company director, specialising in operations, marketing, events, business management and … Read more

The Community Energy Awards is a prestigious event; designed to shine a light on community energy and highlight achievements in the wider community energy sector. It’s made possible, thanks to the support of Lendology, Triodos Bank, ES Catapult and the … Read more

There is no easy remedy for poorly installed dot and dab plasterboards: they need to be ripped off, start again and done correctly. Unfortunately this is a very common problem that we have seen in many extensions and in new-builds.

A critical part of the CHEESE Heatview® surveyor’s training is understanding a set of concepts in Physics and how they apply to building design and building materials. One such concept is thermal mass. To be able to calculate the thermal … Read more