Energy Saving Tips

• A Smart meter Overall, smart meters can save money in homes that intend to monitor their usage and adjust their power consumption. You will also know the exact cost of what you are spending. Because you know the exact cost you won't waste energy.

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• An Eco-Button is a very simple, yet extremely effective way of saving saving energy and money whilst helping the environment. By simply pressing one button, your computer will be put on standby, thus saving you up to £50 per year off your electricity bill, whilst at the same time reducing your carbon footprint by up to 13.5kg a year!

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• Did you know that fitting Radiator Insulation Panels behind your radiators could reduce your heating bill by up to 20% or £60 per year? The panels work by reflecting the heat from your radiators back in to your house – this heat would normally be lost through the walls of your property. There are two types of Radiator Panel available: Radflek and Heatkeeper and they can be easily installed within a couple of hours. Try them, and see the difference they can make.

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• An energy efficient light bulb uses up to 80% less electricity than an incandescent bulb and could last up to ten times longer. So switching to an energy efficient bulb could save you up to £55 over the lifetime of a bulb.

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• Check for draughts around doors and windows. Draught proofing is easy to fit, is very reasonable and will help reduce those annoying draughts around your home!

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• A letterbox draught excluder is also another simple, inexpensive technique of reducing draughts and saving on your fuel bills.

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• If you have an open chimney in your property, consider fitting a chimney pillow which will help to minimise debris, soot and bird mess; decrease outside noise; and will stop updraughts and downdraughts and therefore reduce your heating bills.

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• Tumble Dryer balls are yet another simple and inexpensive way of saving money without you having to make any effort. The Dryer balls work by lifting and separating the laundry whilst drying – this can cut the drying time by up to 25% and can reduce creasing.

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• Consider investing in an intelligent mains controller so that all the equipment linked to your TV (eg. DVD player, games consoleetc) are automatically switched off whenever the TV is turned off.

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• If you have an old hot water tank, fitting a new, 75mm thick jacket on your hot water cylinder could save you around £40 per year. The jackets themselves cost from around £10 – £20 so could pay themselves off in under four months (based on the average household consumption of 40,400 litres of hot water per year in a 3 bed semi-detached home)

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• It is estimated that each time we boil the kettle, we boil twice the volume of water required – which means twice as much energy and twice the cost! By using an Energy Efficient Kettle you can save up to 66% energy compared to a regular kettle!