Energy Savings - All radiators on full blast

Do you need to have all of your radiators on, every time the boiler is turned on?

Turn off the radiators in the rooms not being used all the time, or at the very least turn the temperature down a degree or two. This will help to trim a bit off the bill for sure, for more energy savings.

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Energy Savings - Teenagers and light switches?

What is it about young people seeming to need to have every light on in the house. An obvious indicator here that I am no longer a young person, far from it indeed. When I was young, my parents who are no longer in this world, stressed the importance of switching off lights that were no longer needed. So leave a room, switch off a light. This is oh so more important in these days of concern over our carbon footprint.

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Energy Savings - On your computer

If you are using your computer at home or the office, but really do have to have it ready to go, put it in hibernate mode. At least this will seriously cut down on your energy usage. If like me you have an external screen attached to the laptop, turn that off, until you return to the computer later. It all helps towards your energy savings.

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Energy Savings - Shut the car windows

If you keep your car windows open, it will cause a drag factor, thereby reducing your petrol consumption. A similar effect is caused by roof racks and luggage boxes on cars, and will significantly reduce your energy savings whilst driving.

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Energy Savings - On the road

Have you checked your tyre pressures lately, are you running on flat tyres. The wrong pressures in your tyres, will not just cause uneven wear and tear, or even damage the walls of the tyres, but will also greatly affect your fuel consumption. Keep them at the recommended pressures at all times for energy savings on the road.

Are you paying too much for household energy bills, have you checked out the "Which" reports, to see who they recommend?

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Energy Savings - Can also be made away from the house

Energy savings are not just an important function in the house.

When driving your car, do you accelerate needlessly. You are wasting energy in terms of the very expensive fuel, the tyres will have a much shorter life, and quite often you do not arrive at the destination much earlier.  This apart from the road safety angle. Time your gear changes, to be more efficient.

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Energy Savings - Are your radiators efficient?

Is your poor old boiler working overtime, because you haven't bled the radiators. If the pump is just trying to push air round the system, it is not being very efficient. Bleed each one in turn, and then check that the boiler doesn't need the pressure turned up, because if you have let air out, then you have to put some water back in.

This will make your radiators warmer, so you may even be able to turn the temperature down too?

Maybe its time to have the boiler serviced?

See you tomorrow for some more energy saving tips.......