Home Energy Saving Tips
Don't Waste it, Save it
The average household could save over £200 per year by improving and upgrading energy efficiency measures.
Loft insulation saving up to £100 per year
Bulbs saving £7 per bulb, per year
Hot water tank jacket saving up to £15 per year
Radiator panels saving up to £80 per year
Heating saving up to £185 per year
Draught proofing saving up to £15 per year
Cavity wall insulation saving £70-£100 per year
For more information on energy saving measures visit the Energy Saving Trust 'My Home' website
Energy Facts
Did you know?
- On average, each household in the UK is responsible for around six tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year - enough to fill six hot air balloons 10 metres in diameter.
- The average home is responsible for more harmful carbon dioxide gas than the average car every year. £5 billion worth of energy is wasted annually in the UK.
- Cutting energy wastage through energy efficiency measures could save the average household £200 a year.
Walls, roofs, windows & doors
- The amount of heat lost in homes annually through roofs and walls is enough to heat three million homes for a year.
- If everyone in the UK installed cavity wall insulation, emissions of CO2 would be reduced by nine million tonnes. That's enough to fill 51 million double-decker buses.
- If every household in the UK installed cavity wall insulation, it would save £650 million a year - or enough to power 1.8 million homes for the same period.
- If everyone in the UK installed double low E glazing, we could save enough energy to make 612 billion cups of coffee.
Heating & water
- If everyone in the UK with gas central heating installed a condensing boiler, we would cut CO2 emissions by 18.6 million tonnes. This is enough energy to power four million homes for a year.
- CO2 emissions would be cut by 0.45 million tonnes if everyone in the UK put a jacket on their hot water tank.
- If everyone in the UK installed a condensing boiler the equivalent energy saved would power the West Midlands for over a year.
Appliances
- Nine in ten homes in the UK have a washing machine, 35 per cent have a tumble dryer and one in four have a dishwasher.
- We use £800 million worth of electricity by using washing machines, tumble dryers and dishwashers. This produces five million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
- The average washing machine is used for 274 cycles a year; a dishwasher for 250 cycles and a tumble dryer 148 times.
Refrigeration
- UK households use £1.2 billion worth of electricity every year on cooling and freezing food and drinks - nearly as much electricity as all offices.
- If everyone in the UK upgraded their old refrigeration appliance to an A-rated, energy efficient product, energy wastage would be cut by over two-thirds. That's the equivalent of over 47 million hot air balloons of CO2 and over £1 billion on bills.
- Buying an energy efficient fridge freezer to replace your inefficient model could cut carbon dioxide emissions by up to 296Kg a year. That's around four times the weight of an average man.
Lighting
- In most homes, lighting accounts for 10 to15% of the electricity bill. In fact, UK households use £1.2 billion worth of electricity every year on lighting.
- If every UK household installed 3 CFL’s this would save enough energy in a year to supply all street lighting.
- By using an energy efficient bulb rather an inefficient one, you will have cut carbon dioxide emissions over its lifetime by almost 50 kgs. That's the equivalent of running a small car for 1,547 kms - or one and a half times the distance between Land's End and John O' Groats.
- The British public walks to the moon and back twice every year to change light bulbs.
- CFL’s last 10 times as long as a standard bulb: save your shoe leather - install a CFL.
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