What are the Simplest Ways to Start Saving Energy?
As well as turning down the heating, changing your bulbs, switching off unused lights and stopping relying on “standby”, there are a number of simple, cheap ways to start making savings. Making sure your hot water system is properly insulated. It’s a good idea to check the temperature of your water cylinder’s thermostat – 60 degrees C is plenty hot enough. Finally, don’t forget that a dripping tap can waste enough hot water each month to fill up two baths – so fixing a worn washer makes a lot of sense and it’s hardly an expensive job to do! Spending a few dollars on draught excluders – and then a couple of hours to fix them – is another low cost approach to help cut down your heat losses, though the cheapest way of all to reduce wasted heat is simply remembering to shut your curtains when it begins to go dark.
