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Simple Steps to Keep Heating Bills Down Gordon Watts Sustainability Manager SYHA

Simple Steps to Keep Heating Bills Down

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Simple Steps to Keep Heating

Bills Down

Gordon WattsSustainability ManagerSYHA

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Use Central Heating, Not Electric Heaters

• Electricity is expensive• It is almost always cheaper to use the central heating

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Recommended Room Temperature is 18-21oC

• A drop of 1oC saves about £60 a year.• If the thermostat is in the hallway, you might need to

play about with the setting to get it comfortable in the living room

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Learn how to use your heating programmer

• They vary from basic to digital• Set to switch on 30 minutes before you get up, and

off 30 minutes before you go to bed• Set to a background temperature (15oC) overnight or

if you are going out for a while

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Set Your Thermostatic Radiator Valves Differently for Different Rooms

• 2-3 in bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom• 4-5 in the living room

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Put radiator reflectors behind radiators on outside walls

• Cuts the heat you lose to the wall and outside• You can buy it at a DIY store• Or make it using cardboard and tin foil

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Shut windows before putting the heating on

• Otherwise most of your heat will be lost outside

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• Keeps warm air off cold windows• But avoid covering radiators with the curtains• Don’t dry clothes on radiators – stops the heating

working well and causes condensation

Close the Curtains at Dusk

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• Dress warmly• Drink lots of warm drinks

Use a blanket in the evening

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• They steal heat!

Block up Draughts

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Energy Supplier Switching

• Consider switching energy supplier – its easy and costs nothing to look! Do at least once a year.

• You will need to know your plan and how much gas and electricity you used in the last year - £ or kWh

• You could save £100’s• If you don’t want to move supplier, check with your

existing supplier that you are on the cheapest tariff

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