Draught-Proofing Your Home: Doors, Windows and the Gaps You Can't See
How to find draughts, which materials to use for doors, windows, floors, letterboxes and chimneys, and the ventilation you must never block.
8 min readHome & Energy
Heating, cooling, lighting, water and laundry: the everyday habits and small upgrades that bring household bills down.
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Keeping Cool in Summer Without a Huge Electricity Bill
How to keep heat out of your home, use fans and air conditioning efficiently, cool bedrooms at night and stay comfortable through a heatwave for less.
8 min readDoing Laundry for Less: Temperatures, Loads, Drying and Detergent
How washing temperature, load size, programmes, detergent dosing and drying choices affect the cost of laundry, and simple habits that make clothes last longer.
8 min readSwitching to LED Lighting: Lumens, Colour Temperature and Real Savings
How to choose LED bulbs by lumens instead of watts, pick the right colour temperature and fitting, work out the savings, and dispose of old bulbs safely.
7 min readStaying Warm for Less: Practical Ways to Lower Heating Costs
Thermostat settings, heating controls, radiators, curtains, rugs and warm habits that cut winter heating bills without leaving the household cold.
7 min readSaving Water at Home Without Feeling Deprived
Where household water goes, how to find leaks, cheap fittings that cut use, and kitchen, bathroom, laundry and garden habits that lower water and energy bills.
7 min readStandby Power: Finding the Devices That Use Electricity While 'Off'
What standby and phantom loads are, how to measure them with a plug-in meter, which devices are worth switching off at the wall, and which should stay on.
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