Energy-Saving Tips

Simple, practical tips to cut your home energy usage and lower bills.

Our Top 10 Tips

💡Switch to LED lightbulbs. They use less energy.
👚Air-dry your clothes (rather than a tumble-dryer).
🪟Double-glaze your windows (This also helps with noise control).
📴Switch devices off when you're not using them. This means turning off at the wall and/or shutting a device down rather than leaving it on standby. Find out more about Vampire Devices.
🌡️Wash your clothes on 30 degrees or lower.
🚿Reduce your shower time.
🧣Wrap up your hot water tank. You can buy a hot water cylinder jacket online.
♨️Let heat circulate around your home. Move furniture away from radiators, remove radiator covers, make sure your curtains aren't covering your radiators.
🔌Upgrade your energy appliances to more energy-efficient models (if you're able to).
🚰Only fill the kettle with as much water as you need.

Tips for saving energy in your kitchen

Tips for saving energy in your bathroom

Tips for saving energy in your living room

Tips for saving energy in your kitchen

Put the lid on your pans when cooking, keeping more heat in uses less energy.
Avoid overfilling the kettle, only boiling the amount you need uses less energy.
Fill the dishwasher to get the most out of the wash cycle.
Wash you clothes on shorter and/or cooler cycles (30° or lower), making sure to put a full load on.
Fill your fridge as much as possible, the fuller it is, the less energy it takes to keep cool.
Keep you appliences clean (e.g. kettle, air fryer, oven), this helps them run more efficiently.
If you can, upgrade your appliences to newer models, they're often more energy-efficient (e.g. dishwasher).

Tips for saving energy in your bathroom

Don't leave the tap running if you don't need to (e.g. while you're brushing your teeth)
Take shorter showers
Fill the dishwasher to get the most out of the wash cycle.
Wash you clothes on shorter and/or cooler cycles (30° or lower), making sure to put a full load on.
Fill your fridge as much as possible, the fuller it is, the less energy it takes to keep cool.
Keep you appliences clean (e.g. kettle, air fryer, oven), this helps them run more efficiently.
If you can, upgrade your appliences to newer models, they're often more energy-efficient (e.g. dishwasher).