How You Can Save Money & Energy the Easy Way

According to the Daily Telegraph it’s easy to save over £235 a year (nearly $500) on your energy bills. I’ve summarised each point.

• Be cold – Turning your thermostat down by one degree centigrade could save a typical home £49 a year.
• Be dark – Switch off four unnecessary lightbulbs and you could save £32 a year.
• Be thrifty – If you always boil the amount of water needed for one cup rather than boiling a full kettle, you could save £30 a year.
• Be dirty – Washing laundry at 40 to 60 degrees centigrade in your washing machine could save you £12 a year.
• Be even colder – Setting your heating to turn off one hour before you leave the house and come on half an hour before you get home could save you £51 a year.
• Eat with your hands – Only using your dishwasher when it is full could save you £15 a year.
• Be sensible – Leaving your TV and all accessories attached to it on standby all the time could cost you £46 a year.

British Gas (link to their Energy Savers Report) reckons that for every £3 spent on heating and lighting our homes, £1 is wasted through poor energy efficiency. Fair enough, sounds like becoming more energy efficient is a good thing for the environment and your wallet. Investing in solar energy is getting cheaper however it currently takes about 26 years to pay back the investment in savings. I think I’ll wait. Soon we’ll look at various ways to help the environment and yourself. After all, green is the new black.