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These simple steps will help you to keep warmth in, cold out, and fuel bills down. You’ll save money and you’ll also be helping to save the environment:
- Draw the curtains as soon as it starts to get dark to stop heat escaping through the windows.
- Fit draught excluders around doors and windows.
- Don’t cover radiators with curtains or washing.
- Don’t overheat your home. Turning your thermostat down by one degree could save you up to £65 a year.
- Only heat areas of the house you use, for example turn off the radiator in the spare bedroom if you have individual radiator controls.
- Place an insulating jacket over your hot water tank. This can save up to £15 a year.
- Don’t leave your appliances on standby as they still use electricity. You can save up to £37 a year by turning appliances off properly.
- Only boil the water you need rather than filling the kettle completely.
- Fit all the lights in your home with energy saving lightbulbs, and you could save up to £50 a year.
- Try to only use your washing machine or dishwasher when it has a full load.
For information on other things you can do to save energy, and on help you may be able to get with energy saving improvements to your home, contact the Energy Savings Trust