With the news that the typical home energy bill is set to rise to an eye-watering £2,800 a year after October's energy price cap, there's no time to waste in levelling up your household's energy efficiency.
Small actions and behaviour changes can have big impacts. Get started with these easy money-saving wins:
⚡ Go on a Loop Snoop! Find the energy-wasting culprits in your home and make smart decisions about using less. It could save hundreds on your bill!
💡 Swap your existing bulbs for LEDs. If you replace all the bulbs in your home with LEDs, then for an initial outlay of £100 you'll save about £49 a year.
☀️ Test how solar could work for you.Try our solar simulator and find out in minutes the effect solar panels could have on your monthly energy bills.
💧 Add lagging around pipes. Don't wait for Winter! Depending on the size of your house, you'll only need to spend around £20 on lagging. Heat is expensive - hang on to it!
🌱 Save energy in the garden. Use solar lighting as much as possible. It's cheaper, more eco-friendly and is less likely to disrupt wildlife and neighbours than high-powered floodlights.
FROM THE LOOP BLOG:
Could you save over £500 just by turning things off?
After April's price cap increase and with the prospect of another rise in October, the cost of wasting energy has never been higher and could add £521 per year to your energy bill. How much could you save?
Creating an energy-efficient home isn't just thinking about what's on the inside - it's important to consider how to better control your energy use in the garden too. The Sun (with some help from our very own Steve Buckley) warns of the costly perils of cheap hot tubs.
With many households in need of support on their rising energy bill, the Energy Bills Support Scheme has been put together for UK households offering a £400 grant starting from October 2022. iNews has all the details.
