Saving Heating Costs Room By Room

September 4th, 2008

First part of this new section added to Practical Home Energy Saving showing what can be done in each room of the house. Over the next few weeks this will be developed further. Tips are also colour codd to indicate cost.

No Cost Electricity Saving Room By Room

August 13th, 2008

Practical Home Energy Saving has just introduced a new series of electricity saving room by room giving information on no cost ways of saving electricity.

Keep The House Cool In Summer

July 30th, 2008

You can drop the temperature in your house, especially upstairs, by several degrees, if you open the loft hatch and open doors and/or windows on the north side of the house. By doing so you create a chimney effect; hot air is able to vent from the loft through the eaves and cooler air is drawn up through the house from the north side. Deepending on the structure of the building this can have anything from a modest to a quite noticeable effect and it’s a lot greener then air-conditioning.

Do You Have Hidden Electricity Consumers?

July 30th, 2008

How much are you paying for unknown electricity use? Practical Home Energy Saving has just published an article called Hidden Electricity Users. This is another step in helping to reduce high electricity bills.

What Is The Future For LED Lighting?

July 21st, 2008

Check out Towards low-cost LED Lighting which holds out some interesting promise for the future.