Today is Earth Day! Were taking this opportunity to reflect on how important it is to do what we can to collectively reduce our energy usage and invest in long-term, sustainable solutions.

Focusing on how we can improve home energy efficiency is one major piece of the puzzle. By using less energy to retain more heat, we can help the planet without sacrificing our comfort or needs and we can use the (hopefully) good weather in the upcoming warmer months to our advantage.

So before you unearth your dust-covered sunglasses and crank the thermostat down for summer, take a second to take stock are there aspects of your home efficiency that can be improved before next winter? If so, what data and information can help you make those decisions?

Weve been teasing our latest ivie App launch, and we can finally share all the details!

Our new Thermal Efficiency Score feature helps you understand just how well your home can keep hold of heat without needing to call out an engineer for a survey or an updated EPC rating.

Using home energy data, temperature data from your ivie Bud and locally available weather data, the clever algorithm can calculate how much heat your home is losing.

See where your home sits on the scale at a glance. The score also unlocks suggestions on how you can improve your thermal efficiency, as well as exclusive offers and partnerships to help you undertake home improvements in the warmer months for less.

Speaking of updates, weve summarised all of the latest tweaks and changes to the free ivie App in our recent blog. Some you will have seen new login screen! Fresher designs! and others are less noticeable.

Read more about the latest app-dates from the first quarter of the year below.

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