Domestic Green Deal Advice Training...2013/10/09 · Factors • To increase the customers benefits and maximize the savings following a Green Deal assessment, low cost and No cost

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Domestic Green Deal Advice

Training

Low cost-no Cost Measures


Factors

• To increase the customers benefits and maximize the savings

following a Green Deal assessment, low cost and No cost

advice should be given.

Fuel Bill

Behavioural Change,

Through Low Cost,

No Cost Advice. Will

increase household

savings

Fuel bill

Behavioural Change

Repayments

SavingsFixed by

Green

Deal


Simple Ways to Save Energy

• Turn off appliances at the mains when not in use

• Use economy settings whenever possible

• Use energy saving products, e.g. a ‘Powerdown’ that will

help save both money and energy


Standby

Standby: the energy that no-one uses

•On average UK households spend £35 a year each powering appliances left in standby mode

As well as standby power, Consider

broadband modems, broadband routers, digi-boxes and cordless telephones, clocks, timers– For instance a broadband modem router can consume as much as £7 worth of electricity if left on for an

entire year.

•standby savers that allow you to easily turn all of your appliances off from standby without having to reach for the plug.

•Recent regulations specify that all electronic products sold within the EU after 2010 cannot have a standby power greater than 1W,

•However, whilst the average standby consumption of new products is going down, households are being filled with more and more electronic gadgets, therefor it is still worth looking at your standby energy usage throughout your home.


Simple ways to save energy Cooking


Washing and drying


Lighting


Heating and hot water


Energy Labels

Energy Saving Trust Recommended

•Under the Energy Saving Trust Recommended scheme only products that meet strict criteria on energy efficiency can carry the label. The idea is that whatever the product, whichever the labelling system - all you need to do is look for the Energy Saving Trust Recommended label when you go shopping.


Comparisons of appliances

• Size matters: the most efficient products come in small packages

• Energy ratings labels on appliances are generally given to products based on size categories. The idea is to enable you to compare between two similarly sized products.

• This means two differently sized appliances with the same energyrating may use quite different amounts of electricity. For instance an A rated 180-litre fridge freezer could cost only £36 a year to run whereas a larger 525-litre fridge freezer with a better A+ rating would cost £49 a year to run. That’s £13 a year more.

• In trying to save energy it is therefore best to look for the product with the best energy rating for the size of product you require.


Low cost measures

• There are ways to save Energy straight away and advice

should be given on appropriate low cost no cost measures.

• Draught proofing

• Blocking unused chimneys

• Cylinder jacket

• Sealing air leaks

• Energy monitoring

• pipe work lagging

• Reducing the thermostat


thermostat

Turn down your room thermostat by one degree:

save around £55 and 230kg carbon dioxide a year.

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Draught Proofing

Draughts happen where there are unwanted gaps in the construction of your home, and where openings are left uncovered.

You’ll find draughts at any accidental gap in your home that leads outside, such as:

•windows

•doors – including keyholes and letterboxes

•loft hatches

•electrical fittings on walls and ceilings

•suspended floorboards

•pipework leading outside

•ceiling-to-wall joints


Sealing air leaks

Air leakages can prove to be a major problem as they can affect

your indoor air quality and increase your electricity expenditure

as well.

Caulking

Caulking areas where air leaks are present is a good solution.

Some of the places that should be caulked:

• Ducting

• Plumbing

• Electrical wiring

• Joints between floors and skirting boards

Full draught-proofing will save you on average £55 per year. Draught-

free homes are comfortable at lower temperatures


Chimney draughts

• If you have a fireplace that you’re unlikely to use the fire in, best to permanently block the chimney draughts off. This might be with something as simple as some crumpled up newspaper, or you could use a chimney pillow. These are expressly designed for this purpose, come in a number of sizes and expand to fit the gap nice and tightly. You can see one here:


Blocking a fireplace

• Blocking up an unused fireplace

• chimney breast can be bricked in to tidy up the wall

• Ventilation needs to be provided to the chimney space to avoid moisture collecting on the soot and smoke deposits within the chimney and forming damp areas, this can easily be achieved by building in an air-brick

• It is also necessary to cap the chimney pot to allow air circulation through the chimney while keeping rain, birds etc. out.

• Before starting to brick up the fireplace or fitting the ventilation cowl, have the chimney swept one last time to remove as much soot as possible and dislodge any bird nests or other debris


Cylinder Jackets

• Insulating your hot water cylinder is one of the easiest ways to save energy and therefore money.

• If you already have a jacket fitted, check the thickness, it should be at least 75mm thick. If not, it's worth treating your cylinder to a new winter coat.

• Fitting a British Standard jacket around your cylinder will cut heat loss by over 75% and save you around £40 a year - more than the cost of the jacket!


Pipe Lagging

Tanks, pipes and radiators

•Lagging water tanks and pipes and insulating behind radiators

reduces the amount of heat that escapes, so you spend less

money heating water up, and hot water stays hotter for longer.


Energy Monitoring

• It's easy to cut your electricity bills if you know how much you're using...

• Since 2006, wireless home electricity monitors have been championed

by TV programmes such as Panorama, Newsnight, BBC News 24's Click,

It's Not Easy Being Green etc.

• They provide critical and continuous information about how much

electricity is being used in the home so that you can adopt new energy

saving habits to reduce the household consumption of electricity. These

convenient and easy to use monitors instantly show you:

– Exactly how much electricity you are using

– How much it is costing you in pence per hour

– How much harmful CO2 your household produces

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Energy Monitoring

• An energy monitor tells you what you are using and when – helping you to

lower your bills.

• Using one can reduce your energy bill by up to £80 a year.

• 95% of people underestimate the savings they can achieve by using an

energy monitor to help change their behaviour.

• As a general rule, the sort of saving you might expect to generate by

using an energy monitor is 15% of your Energy use

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Energy Monitoring

Tips for using an energy monitor

•There's no point having a monitor unless you keep a close eye on your

energy usage, so make sure you put it somewhere you can see it.

•Remember too that the readings will be most accurate if you put in your

own tariff rate rather than relying on the pre-set tariff rate, so adjust this

setting when you start using the monitor.

•See how changing the way you do things has an impact on your energy

usage to give you an idea of where you can make the biggest savings. For

example, if you tend to leave your TV on standby, use the monitor to see how

much you can save by switching it off. This will help change your behaviour

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Saving Water-Aerators

• The use of tap aerators can

reduce the amount of water used

• They are often found at the tip

of modern taps

• Without this appliance fitted, the

water would flow as one large

stream

• The aerator divides the stream

into droplets, which uses less

water and causes less splashing


Saving Water-Cistern

•A traditional and no cost

measure to save water is to

place a brick in the toilet

cistern

•The volume taken up by the

‘brick’ means less water is

used when flushing


Saving Water-Water Butts

• On average, almost 100,000 litres

of rainwater is collected on roofs

each year

• A water butt is connected to a

downpipe so it can collect

rainwater from the gutters

• Once it is full, the water flows

down the drainpipe into the butt

• A gutter filter should also be

installed to keep out unwanted

debris


General Advice

• Turn your thermostat down. Reducing your room temperature by 1°C could cut your heating bills by up to 10% and typically

saves around £60 per year. If you have a programmer, set your heating and hot water to come on only when required rather

than all the time.

• Always turn off the lights when you leave a room.

• Don't leave appliances on standby and remember not to leave laptops and mobile phones on charge unnecessarily.

• Use energy saving light bulbs. They last up to 10 times longer than ordinary bulbs, and using one can save you around £55

over the lifetime of the bulb. This saving could be around £120 over its lifetime if you're replacing a high wattage

incandescent bulb, or one used for more than a few hours a day.

• Is your water too hot? Your cylinder thermostat should be set at 60°C/140°F

• Close your curtains at dusk to stop heat escaping through the windows and check for draughts around windows and doors.

• If possible, fill up the washing machine, tumble dryer or dishwasher: one full load uses less energy than two half loads.

• Only boil as much water as you need (but remember to cover the elements if you're using an electric kettle).

• A dripping hot water tap wastes energy and in one week wastes enough hot water to fill half a bath, so fix leaking taps and

make sure they're fully turned off!

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Limitations of Advice

Advice Cannot be given on the following:

•Energy efficient measures not supported by the green deal

•Occupier behaviour relating to passive solar home designs or the use

of advanced energy saving technologies not currently offered by

Green Deal.

•Choosing a Green Deal provider or Green Deal installer

•Choice of energy supplier or specific energy tariffs

•Specific brands of energy efficiency measures


Limitations of Advice

The GDA is Not responsible for

•Advice given by any service or website that the GDA suggests to

a customer

•Any issues that arise should the customer act on the advice

given, Should any issue arise during or post installation, the

customer should approach their chosen Green Deal provider in

the first instance.

•The remote advice service’s advice.


Any Questions

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Domestic Green Deal Advice Training...2013/10/09 · Factors • To increase the customers benefits and maximize the savings following a Green Deal assessment, low cost and No cost