Tired of opening your electric meter box and seeing how much power you’re using? Then these five tips are for you!
1. Draught-Proof Your Windows and Doors
If your doors and windows don’t seal properly, you’re throwing money out. You can make your home more energy efficient by draught-proofing or using draught excluders around the bottoms of doors and windows to keep the heat in and the cold out.
2. Avoid Using the Tumble Dryer
Tumble dryers use a huge amount of energy, but drying your clothes indoors on a rack or outdoors when the weather is fine is free!
3. Shorten Your Showers
If you look inside your electric meter box before and after bath or shower, you’ll see how much that long, hot soak costs you. Cutting your time down by even a few minutes gives your boiler a break, and your bank account too.
4. Use Colder Washes and Full Loads
Like those long showers, your washing machine uses less energy when you wash clothes at lower temperatures and when you run full loads rather than half loads. This simple switch can add up over time, and it’s an easy one to make.
5. Switch Your Appliances Off Instead of Leaving Them on Standby
If you’re leaving your devices on standby, they’re still drawing power, which adds up to a whole lot of energy over time.
By turning electrical items completely off at the plug or using a standby saver or smart plug, you can avoid this phantom load and keep your energy use down.
