Top Simple Ways to Reduce Your Home Heating and Electricity Bills
Here are some top simple, cheap and easy ways for you to reduce your home heating and electricity bills that you can even start on right away.
Online Comparison Sites:
Online comparison sites really are a revelation; with online comparison sites you can effectively compare prices of hundreds of energy companies in the matter of minutes – imagine how long that would take if you were calling up each company individually. This can save you hundreds on your energy and electricity bills. It is reported in some cases that you can save up to £378 per year on your average energy bills by simply switching to an alternative supplier. A couple of price comparison websites are GoCompare.com and Moneysupermarket.com
Radiator Boosters:
A radiator booster is a simple product costing under £20 and can actually reduce your heating bill by 10% per year – a well worth investment. The simple device is a telescopic tube that has a small thermostatic fan; it attaches to your radiator and draws up the heat trapped behind. It distributes the heat more evenly around the room and can also heat up the room more quickly.
LED Lighting:
By switching to LED lighting, you can save yourself hundreds of pounds per year on energy and electricity bills. You can retrofit your halogen light bulbs for LED bulbs. The initial cost of LED bulbs may be higher but the actual saving in the long term far out ways the initial cost. LED bulbs have a life expectancy of over 50,000 hours meaning that you would not need to change them for over a decade. LED bulbs use as little as 3w per bulb and save onwards of 75% in electricity. There are other types of LED lighting you can use such as LED tape. LED tape can replace any fluorescent tubes that you use, and uses as little as 4.8w per metre of the LED strip.
Energy Monitor:
An energy monitor is a must in a home looking to save energy and looking to live more eco-friendly. An Energy monitor can be purchased from as little as £30 or up to £100+ for a more accurate model. Also note when switching energy companies they sometimes supply you with one for free as a joining bonus so look out for that too. It is a simple 2 part device – one part attaches to your incoming mains electric cable. The 2nd part is a wireless LCD monitor display screen. The digital display screen shows you how much energy you are using in your home, in pounds (£) or in various units. You can literally see the savings on the screen as you switch off devices and lights in your home. You can also find out the high energy culprits and use all this information to reduce your energy bills.
Joe Watts has been in the energy saving profession for over 10 years but now specialises in energy efficient lighting and currently works for Instyle LED Lighting based in Leicester, UK
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