Energy Advice

• Closing curtains at night helps insulate your room and reduces heat loss.
• Keep your outside doors shut, and add draught covers to the letterbox and key holes.

• Turning your thermostat down by 1ºC could cut your heating bills by up to 10% and save you around £100 per year.
• Turn the thermostatic radiator valves down on radiators in rooms which you only use occasionally.
• Move furniture away from radiators or heaters to let the heat into the room.

Appliances

• Match the size of the ring to the size of the saucepan or you will be paying to heat the air. 
• Use a lid on saucepans, so the contents heat and cook more quickly
• Switch off your electrical appliances at the wall, not just with the 'standby' button, as this still uses almost as much power as when they are fully turned on.
• Unplug mobile phones, shavers and electric toothbrushes when they are fully charged, otherwise they will keep using electricity.
• Dry your clothes outside when possible
• Replace normal light bulbs with energy saving bulbs - they can save you up to £78 of electricity per bulb, and last up to 12 times longer than ordinary light bulbs.
• Turn the light off when you leave the room, even if it's only for a minute or two.

For more tips and advice on saving energy in the home visit http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk or contact the Sustainability Team on 0330 175 9540.

Save money on energy use in your home;

• Green Doctor FREE energy visits (includes LED light bulbs, draught proofing, advice on how to save)
• Comparison websites for utilities: OFGEM, Citizens Advice, uSwitch, Green Energy Plans
• Paying your bills: Money Supermarket

Register for The Priority Services Register (PSR) which is a free service provided by suppliers and network operators to customers in need. 

There's a range of advice available if you struggle to keep warm in your home;

• Warm Home Discount Scheme - You could get £140 off your electricity bill
  
  
• Cold Weather Payment - You may get a Cold Weather Payment if you're getting certain benefits or Support for Mortgage Interest
  
  
• Keep warm and well this winter - guide 
  
  
• Keep Warm 2019 - guide from HM Government
  
  
• NEA Warm and Safe Homes - guide
  
  
• Winter Fuel Payment - age related payment for those receiving state support