With energy prices soaring of late, conserving energy is at the forefront of many a homeowner’s mind, and fortunately, there are a few simple but effective ways to reduce your energy bills and help protect the environment:
How to reduce heat loss in your home
Insulation
A properly insulated home is the simplest way to reduce heat loss and have a home that is comfortably warm. Did you know that about a third of heat is lost through the walls of an uninsulated home, while a further quarter is lost through the roof. With this in mind, it’s important to protect your home from losing heat and wasting energy by ensuring your home has some, or all of the following:
Windows
You can also consider upgrading your windows to more energy efficient ones that are double or triple glazed.
Heating systems
Even with a well-insulated home, it can be expensive to heat your home and have hot water when you need it. However, by switching to a low-carbon heating system you can get the heat you need, more efficiently, with things like:
Heating controls
Wherever possible, having a timer to control the temperature in your home can help make sure that you don’t waste energy by heating it too much or unnecessarily, and turning your thermostat down by as little as one or two degrees can help you make energy savings, too. You may also want to consider installing a smart thermostat that can be controlled using your phone, for more accurate and less wasteful heat consumption.
Renewable energy
If you don’t want to depend upon unpredictable and often costly price hikes from your utility supplier, you should consider investing in a renewable energy source, such as solar. Create your own electricity or heat, reduce your energy bills and carbon emissions significantly, and even increase the value of your home should you need to sell it. Solar panels are by far the most realistic renewable energy source for the average household, and by capturing the suns heat and turning it into energy for powering your home, you can even make money back on any surplus electricity your panels may generate.
Energy efficiency is always a smart investment, and with the cost of solar panels decreasing with every passing year (not to mention government incentives and tax breaks), why not make your home more energy efficient while doing your bit for the planet, too?
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