The recent economic recession has led to a lot of people looking at ways to save money. Although solar panels are known for being a great source of renewable energy and therefore, preserve the environment (rather than destroy it), the majority of people do not use them for this reason. Building your own solar panels [...]
How viable are solar panels?
With the economic downturn snowballing out of control, many people are looking at not just ways to save energy, but to save money at the same time. The publicity surrounding solar panels, their benefits and their cost is simply too intense for the average UK citizen to ignore. The way companies advertise solar panels, there [...]
Saving energy when you are cooking
Cooking is something that we will all have to do basically every day of our lives, unless we are lucky enough to be going out to a restaurant, but cooking actually uses up an awfully high amount of energy. If you think about it, it is going to take a lot of energy to be [...]
Installing a door sweep to save energy
One of the areas that heat will escape from your rooms will be under the door and if you have an old fashioned door (one that isn’t PVC) then you will probably be losing a lot of heat to the outside world. There are a few solutions for this, including getting a new door but [...]
Eco Home Appliances
Most of us in the modern world will have a number of different appliances in our homes including things like televisions, computers and many others. Of course, it would be unreasonable to expect people to get rid of a majority of these for the sake of energy saving and the modern world wouldn’t function if [...]
Get a programmable thermostat to save energy
One of the things that you will be familiar with is the thermostat in your house as this will control the exact temperature that you will be able to keep your rooms at. The thermostat is often set up once and then left but the truth of the matter is that there is a much [...]
Save Energy with gas and electricity price comparison websites
Saving energy is one of those things that is a headache for most people. This is for good reason as well it seems as the costs of energy are constantly on the increase as the cost of oil, gas and electricity soars. Most people will have noticed the increase in these areas over the [...]
Unusual ways to Save Energy
We hear a lot about energy saving these days but we think that there are a lot of other ways that you don’t hear about that will allow you to save energy and help the environment. All we hear about is things like having energy saving light bulbs and making sure to turn off [...]
Energy Saving Claims Found to be Misleading
When you are looking to take energy, then chances are that you will look at statistics and what well known and reliable companies are telling you. This is perfectly ordinary as most people won’t know everything about energy saving. However, according to a recent investigation, one renewable energy company has made misleading claims about [...]
Cost of Energy Saving Light Bulbs on the Increase
One of the best ways of saving energy without any effort at all is through energy saving light bulbs but unfortunately, these can be a little bit more money than the traditional light bulbs. This pouts a lot of people off actually buying them for their home and now, the cost of these bulbs [...]