How to stop draughts and cut your heating bill

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Draughts from your front and back door can be annoying, particularly on cold days. But they can also be expensive: if cold air can get in, the warm air produced by your costly heating can get out. Here are a few tips to stop draughts around your home and make sure your energy bills go [...]

What are electricity Feed In Tariffs?

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Feed In Tariffs, also known as Clean Energy Cashback, are part of a scheme which launched on 1 April 2010. The scheme means people in England, Scotland and Wales (but not Northern Ireland under current plans) will be paid a fee if they produce electricity at home using particular types of energy technologies. How will [...]

Ten low-cost ways to save on energy bills

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It might seem straight forward; use less energy and save money. But we all get used to living our lives in a certain way with our own energy use habits which can be harder to change than we first think. However, just applying one or two of the tips below could save you hundreds every [...]

How to stop your computer wasting energy

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Computers continue to soak up energy even when you aren’t actively using them. Here’s the lowdown on the money that this wastes and how to save money with a few simple tweaks. The costs According to Microsoft, the average computer racks up an unnecessary $55.63 in extra power use each year if it has a [...]

How to find the cheapest gas and electricity suppliers

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Switching your gas and electricity supplier might be one of the best ways to save money on your energy bills, but it can be a real headache finding the best company for price and service. Not only that, the cheapest company today could change it’s tariffs and be one of the least competitive within weeks [...]

The latest energy saving devices that don’t cost the earth

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Despite the recession, you can still take control of your energy consumption without having to spend thousands or even hundreds on major appliances like a new energy efficient boiler or washing machine. A growing industry in lower priced energy saving devices makes it easy and cheap to start saving energy in every room of the [...]