With energy prices seemingly constantly on the up, taking stock of the energy-consuming products in your home can help you see where your energy is being used. The overall effect of little changes can add up to significant savings when it comes time to pay your gas and electricity bill. So let’s take a look at how to be efficient with energy.
White Goods
Being amongst the greatest consumers of power in our homes white goods are well worth looking at when considering effective use of energy. Consumer white goods like washing machines and fridges are given an energy rating to show how efficiently they carry out their tasks. When looking for replacements make sure you choose the most energy-efficient products, these products will make the most of the energy that you do use and keep the bills as low as they can be.
Fixed Appliances
This works well for products that we are free to change and choose as needed. But with our homes, we often can’t easily change essential built-in energy-hungry products. But we can make sure what we have is operating as efficiently as possible. Gas boilers are currently the lowest cost way to heat our homes but to do so they need to be working correctly and efficiently. Having a maintenance plan that includes annual servicing for the boiler itself and the associated controls and components that make up your heating system will ensure its always functioning to the best of its ability, lessening the chances your heating system will break down in the future and require a boiler repair.
Small Electrical Appliances
It’s easy to forget the smaller appliances and devices that consume power. But overall their energy usage can add up.
Smaller electrical products like hairdryers and hair straighteners can be more difficult to assess for energy efficiency as they are generally rated by the incoming energy they consume in Watts. If you choose a hairdryer with lower wattage then sadly you will get less volume of hot hair available for drying your hair. Often the time taken by the product to do its job will take longer for the lower wattage device. Generally when faced with this dilemma, picking a product powerful enough to do the job quickly and efficiently will prove the least costly in energy demands overall.
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