Energy saving new years resolutions!
That’s a cracking idea lad, these energy saving ideas are simple and could save us money off our fuel bills. Just following a few of our energy saving new years resolutions could help your home become more energy efficient and do your bit for the environment.
Our top new years resolutions are:
- Reuse plastic bags as often as you can. Keeping a store of them so that you never run out.
- Don’t forget to turn off lights when you leave a room.
- Turning your thermostat down by just 1 degree could save you up to £55 a year.
- Get a water displacement device in your toilet cistern such as a Save-a-flush frog or a Hippo to help conserve water when you flush.
- Buying food locally is a sustainable way to shop, cutting out the effects of transportation.
- Always recycle, at work and at home.
- If you drive to work could you cycle or get the bus, or could you car share with a colleague.
- Treat your hot water tank to a new jacket, insulating it could save you money.
- Don’t forget to draft proof your doors and windows.
- What about starting a vegetable patch, growing your own food is cheap and rewarding.
- And whilst your in the garden why hot set up a compost heap ideal for disposing of organic waste in an environmentally friendly way.
Have an energy efficient 2011!
