Home Energy Saving Ideas, Tips and Advice
Home Heating
Tips and advice on saving heating energy around the Home
- Don’t set your water thermostat to any higher than 60°C, usually 55°C is perfectly fine to heat your water supply.
- Insulate your loft and walls, most of the heat in your home is lost through the roof so insulating your loft is a great way of keeping your home warm and saving energy.
- If you’re considering installing new radiators, be careful where you put them. Don’t position them near windows as the heat escapes straight out which is a huge waste of energy.
- Don’t leave curtains hanging over radiators as it channels the heat straight to the windows where it easily escapes.
- Don’t put your clothes on radiators as it stops the heat getting into the room, use a clothes rail or clothe-hanging rack in front of the radiator instead. Then you heat the room and dry your clothes at the same time!
- Install draft excluders on any letterboxes and doors that you have in the house to cut out draughts and save heating energy.
- Installing double glazing is an excellent way of reducing your heating bill, and it also cuts down outside noise so you get 2 benefits for the price of 1!
- Boilers over 10 years old are far less efficient than modern gas boilers so if you’re looking to really save energy then a new energy efficient boiler is a fantastic step to take.
- Turning down your thermostat by just 1°C can produce a 10% saving to your heating bill.
- Draw your curtains at night to help insulate the room, and drawing curtains or blinds in the summer helps to reduce the temperature in a room which is much better than using air conditioning.
- Set your thermostat timer so that the central heating is switched off when you are out of the house and turns on once you return. This way you’re not heating an empty house.
our thermostat timer so that the central heating is switched off when you are out of the house and turns on once you return. This way you’re not heating an empty house.
