Putting somebody else in charge of monetary policy was one: the Bank of England's mandate to keep inflation low is a refreshing draught of clarity in economic policy (complicated though that task may eventually prove to be).
Assistance could be in the form of installation of draught proofing, loft insulation, hot water cylinder jacket or more effective heating controls and training on how best to use them.
The team behind the project said other traditional techniques were valuable too and anyone living in a period property should also not overlook the importance of draught excluders.
Marcus Plummer, from Cardiff, was one of the first to take advantage of this expertise back in 2001 when he called on Win to help develop his wooden floor draught excluder system - Stopgap.