Last night the One Show included an article on energy saving at home and was part of the discussion on the governments energy tariff initiative. It featured two families who had been set the challenge of saving energy. Both lived in the same street, in similar properties etc.
At the end of the feature the families had indeed saved a significant amount of energy. If memory serves each family would save the equivalent to approximately £500 a year if they lived as they had been doing over the course of the challenge. However, the over riding impression it left me with was of savings made at the expense of comfort. For example, living in a dimly lit, cool house.
Although these are certainly ways that will save energy, my work at www.conserveandsave.co.uk indicate that this is not the only way. Many homes are still as they were originally designed when energy bills weren't a consideration. Fortunately, we now have modern systems, materials and products to help significantly without loss of standards.
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