The Credit Crunch Expert
1.
have you ever counted how many light bulbs you have in your house. Switch
off lights when you dont need them, consider using a table lamp instead
of a main light. Buy energy saving light bulbs!
2. Take showers instead of baths.
3. Put your boiler onto a timed programme so that you are not heating the house or water when you are at work.
4. Switch off any unnecessary appliances. Check now to see if your TV, PC, washing wachine, dishwasher or games console are left on standby.
5. Consider changing your energy supplier. This is really simple as they do everything for you. Take a look at Moneysupermarket Utilities to see how much you could save.
6. Either fill your freezer up or switch it off. An empty freezer is having to work very hard just to chill air and uses an awful lot of energy to do so. If your freezer is full then the frozen food assists with the chilling making it operate more efficiently.
7. Dont overfill the kettle. Only boil the amount of water you require at the time.
8. Turn the thermostat down on your boiler by at least 1°C. This has been shown to reduce an average heating bill by 10%.
9. Modern detergents now mean that you can do most of your washing at 30° C. Also use the economy wash option if you have one on your machine and see what you can save.
10. Use a water butt to collect rainwater from a downpipe to water your garden with.