The Government is launching a new £18m scheme aimed at cutting UK households' energy bills.
The "It All Adds Up" energy-saving campaign launched on Saturday (December 17), with advice it claims could help people cut hundreds of pounds off their bills this winter. This will include "simple, low or no-cost actions" that households can take to "immediately cut energy use and save money while ensuring people are able to stay safe and warm this winter".
An update from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said the multimillion pound campaign will also offer advice on "longer-term measures to improve the energy efficiency of homes that can bring down bills not just this winter but in years to come".
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Guidance is said to focus on simple measures which are not already adopted by the majority of households in the UK. The government department added: "How energy use can be reduced may be different for each individual household, but simple measures in the campaign can offer significant financial savings this winter without reducing comfort or putting people’s health at risk."
Some of the Government's recommended actions to help households save money on energy bills includes:
- reducing the temperature a boiler heats water to before it is sent to radiators (known as the boiler flow temperature) from 75C to 60C, which will not reduce the temperature of your home but could save around £100 annually
- turning appliances off at the plug, which could save approximately £70 per year
- reducing heating loss from the property such as putting draught excluders around doors or by adding clear film across windows, which could save around £60 a year
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