Saving Money In The Home

Home Heating Making your money go further doesn't have to be difficult... Here are a few simple pointers on reducing your bills and doing your bit for the environment while In an uninsulated home, a quarter of your heat is lost through the roof. Installing 270mm of insulation could save you up to £150 a year. Topping up existing 100mm insulation to 270mm could save around you're at it! Turning down your thermostat by 1 degree could save around £15 a year. £75 Loft insulation is effective for at least 40 years and will continue to pay for itself over and over again. A typical 4kWP solar panel could annually Heating save you Saving £770 Draught Prooing £25 peryear Cost: E200 Thermostat 415 per yaar Wall Insulation £145 Cost: £200 Savtrg Cost: £475 per year £150 peryear Loft Insulation Lighting Cost: £300 Always switch lights off when leaving a room, regardless of how short a period it is for. Lighting accounts for Be conscious of how many lights you have on and if they 7% of a typical household's energy bill. all need to be in use. Switching off oliances us d opliandby Use appropriate levels of light. For example, a low light while watching television and a bright, concentrated light save you E45-E80 a year! left for reading. Lighting Lose sensors & Uersst Replacing old-fashi 000000O0 and halogens with LEDS WOavd cost around externa age minimise rwoned bulbs 110 and save around SAS a year. Water Through installing a water-efficient shower head, a family of four could save around £65 a year on gas for Insulating your hot water tank efficiently could annually save you water heating. to collect rain water for your garden £25 Installing a water meter could Use a water butt save you up to £95 a year on 000 000 your bills. A typical 4KWP solar panel could annually save you £770 Source vrww.ener Savings based om wversge boranebold per ye mergysavingtrust.org.uk 000 Infographic brought to you by Best Deal Homes .co.uk