Your home can be responsible for more than 50% of your carbon emissions. With increasing energy prices, now is the perfect time to make small changes to save money and know you are doing your bit for the climate. |
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Energy saving lightbulbs |
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Install at least 3 Energy Saving Recommended bulbs. They cost a bit more than ordinary light bulbs (about £3.50 each) but they last 12 times longer and could save up to £9 on your annual electricity bill or £100 over the bulb’s lifetime!
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Loose the standby |
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Don’t leave appliances, such as TVs, stereos and DVD players, on standby and remember not to leave appliances like mobile phones or laptops on charge unnecessarily. Almost a billion pounds of electricity is wasted in the UK every year by people leaving appliances on standby!
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Only boil as much water as you need |
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Only boil as much water as you need (but remember to cover the element if you’re using an electric kettle). If we all did this we'd save enough electricity to power two thirds of the street lighting in the UK.
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Insulate your loft |
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Insulating your loft is one of the simplest ways to save energy and it’s a job that you can easily complete yourself. Although its one of the most important things you can do, insulating your loft is not expensive and a standard 270mm layer could save as much as £180 to £220 a year on fuel bills.
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Install cavity wall insulation |
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Around 33% of the heat lost in an uninsulated home is through the walls, so insulating them can be the most cost–effective way to save energy in the home – it could save £130 to £160 on your annual heating bills! Cavity wall insulation is straightforward and inexpensive and will help to keep your home warm in winter. If every household in the UK, that could, installed cavity wall insulation, together we’d save over £962 million of energy every year!
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