Anna Tobin

The UK climate is changing; data from the Met Office shows that our summers are getting hotter. While you may rejoice in having more time for barbecues and visits to the seaside, no one likes to return home to a hot house. So, follow these seven tips to keep your home cool on even the hottest days, without having fans whirring 24 hours or installing air conditioning.
1. Understand the factors that influence the temperature of your home
Exposure to sunlight, high humidity and poor air circulat...

Creating the perfect petite kitchen takes planning, thought and expertise. The kind of work you’d pay a kitchen specialist to do. And as you’ll discover, there is one to hand that will do all this as part of its service. The goal may be for your room to radiate style and sophistication but you need to begin with the basics and work out how much room you have to play with.
This means taking the exact measurements of the room and noting its water, gas and electricity inputs, as well as the loca...

There’s no denying that designing and bringing your new bespoke kitchen to life can be a big investment in time as well as money. You’ll want it to be built to last, to adapt to your ever-changing needs and to never look dated.
That means choosing a kitchen specialist whose units look gorgeous and are highly durable, designed and built by craftsmen and installed by a team of skilled workers; where quality is guaranteed, the service is bespoke and the delivery and installation exceeds expectat...

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Whether you’re screening a cup final, watching a Hollywood blockbuster movie, listening to the latest tunes or challenging someone on your favourite online game, you want to feel like you are on the touchline of the match, on the front row or right in the middle of the interactive action. Well, thanks to Dolby Atmos and the Dolby Vision, now you can do just that.
When it comes to shopping for the latest TV and audio tech for the home – a survey of our readers reveals that 80% of them thorough...

To make barista-quality coffee at home, you need the best bean-to-cup coffee machine. Here are the nine best

A piece on how a termite nest inspired the design of the Eastgate Centre's cooling system and how this has impacted sustainable architecture worldwide.

The World Economic Forum First Movers Coalition came together at COP27 to provide a progress report, a year on from when it was launched by President Biden at COP26.
The First Movers Coalition has grown from 25 to 65 members in a year, which includes companies and governments.
It is announced that the concrete and cement sector have joined the First Movers Coalition and have agreed to dramatic carbon reduction initiatives for the industry.
"We're gonna keep 1.5 degrees Celcius alive and that ...

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From electric vehicles (EV) to green data centers, investment in the development of sustainable technology is on a growth trajectory that far exceeds any previous industrial revolution. The green revolution focuses on meeting the Paris Agreement, which dictates that greenhouse gas emissions must decline 43% by 2030. Achieving this should limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and minimize the harmful effects of climate change on the whole world. Today’s sustainable tech innovators are li...

If you were mapping a route to a career in AI, you likely think of a history of high school coding clubs and gaming, followed by a college degree in computer science. Mei May Soo, director of data science at Dell Technologies’ Singapore hub, proves that you can take a very different route into the tech industry to develop ground-breaking solutions.
After graduating in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Malaya, Soo worked as an economist for the Danish shipping c...