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Energy saving
tips for your home
When you spend your hard-earned money on something you want it to be worth it’s money, and with the ever increasing price of energy bills it’s easy to feel disappointed by how much of your pay cheque goes straight towards bills. However with our energy saving tips you can become more energy efficient, helping you stop the large energy bills and get the most out of your gas and electricity. These tips will help you lower your home’s carbon footprint and help you save the extra pennies.
What is energy efficiency and why is it becoming more important?
With new buzzwords being thrown around all the time, like net zero, carbon neutral and green goals, it can quickly become hard to keep track of what they all mean. To put it simply, to begin reversing the effects of climate change we need to start making changes in our everyday lives which, collectively, will start to make a real difference to the planet. One way of achieving this is through being energy efficient. The more energy you save, the lower your carbon emissions, which in turn benefits the environment.
Fully load your washing machine and dishwasher
Half load settings do not save any electricity; rapidly heating the water and powering the machines is what uses the most electricity, which means that even with a half load the energy use will be high. Fully loading your machines is much more efficient, so try and do fewer, but fuller, wash loads instead.
Use eco settings
On your boiler and dishwasher, the eco setting heats water at a slower rate, which uses a lot less energy than rapidly heating water. You’ll get the same results as the normal setting, it will just take a little longer.
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