Switch it off

One of the biggest ways you can be more energy efficient is to evaluate how you use energy in your home. If you can switch it off or turn it down, you can make significant reductions to your energy usage and bills.

Incandescent light bulbs are cheap to buy, but highly energy inefficient, burning as much as 75% of the energy they use as heat. Switching to energy efficient bulbs, switching off lights in rooms you aren’t using, and fitting dimmer switches to regulate the energy you use in main rooms, will help save money and energy.

Simple solutions can make big energy savings. Turning down your heating by 1 degree, can save you approximately £60 a year, whilst turning appliances off at the plug, rather than keeping them on standby can save another £30 per year.

Turn it down dear!