“Over the last 10 years the price of gas has been going up and up, and with this increasing value brings the need to think of our long-term future.

“The potential complexity of wind turbines on everyone’s roofs could result in the overall aesthetic effect being like TV aerials on most homes, but these turbines would cause more disturbance.

“In terms of how energy-saving methods could be implemented, insulation is a huge benefit and is used in modern homes especially.

“Minimising energy wastage by designing the home in a more eco-friendly way in the first place can really pay off in the long term.

“There’s good value in intelligent control systems which monitor the amount of switching on and off of electricity in a home. In this way, you can meet the supply and demand necessary for your home.

“Energy saving is a huge issue and wind turbines offer a major solution to the problem. From the highest level to local level there should be changes made for the benefit of everyone to ensure this problem with rising gas bills can be reduced. There’s a huge influx of wind turbines, which can prove somewhat controversial, though if they’re sited in sensible places, then it can be a very helpful energy alternative.

“Experimental energy-saving methods include low-energy building with a zero carbon rating. The aim of this is to get the total energy input reduced to practically zero by ensuring every stage of the process is environmentally sound.

“Of course, it is extremely difficult to achieve this.

“On a domestic level it’s much more difficult within the fabric of cities to offer energy-saving alternatives. It would be interesting to have studies to see what could be done in the next conversion of tenements to make them reduce gas waste.

“New windows and insulation are traditional ways to reduce a waste of energy in the home, but there has to be other ways explored and implemented. We should be revitalising the homes of Dundee to meet our modern dilemma.

“A lot of new houses meet the standards required for new builds, but they are not part of an intelligent design. These homes are sold because they sell a lifestyle, but they are not absolutely intelligent and there’s a long way to go on the housing front to change the culture of energy needs.

“When energy prices go up this makes people react more to the price increase and look for eco-friendly housing alternatives.

“By the time most people think to make these changes, it can be too late to respond. People react to a need for alternatives in terms of energy, but the steps required may be too radical for people to adopt.”