If you’re currently heating your home to 21°C, reducing the temperature to 20°C would save you 10% on your heating bill. Why not try it out? If you’re worried your home feels much colder, you can switch the temperature back to what it was before!

Tumble drying can cost around £1 for each cycle, by reducing how often you use it, you could make worthwhile savings on your overall energy bill.

Try hanging your clothes on a washing line in the midday sun or on a clothes horse! And as a top tip, avoid hanging clothes on radiators – no matter how tempting it is – it can hinder air circulation meaning it will take longer for the radiators to heat your home.

This is one change that may seem silly at first, but by placing foil behind your radiators you can reflect heat back into your room, pushing it away from the wall and into the space where you will feel it the most.

It is a quick and easy energy saving tip that you can try at home!

Your fridge and freezer run all the time, so they eat up a lot of energy. Your fridge shouldn’t be at a lower temperature than 5°C and your freezer shouldn’t be lower than -18 °C.

When the temperature of your fridge and freezer dips too low, it will run less efficiently and use more energy by trying to maintain the correct temperature. It can also cause frost to build up. If you are familiar with this, you’ll know that defrosting your freezer can feel like a mammoth task. However, it is worth getting around to defrosting it as this could significantly reduce your electricity bill!

When you’re not using your TV, especially when you’re out and about, it is worth switching it to standby or turning it off at the wall. It’s a little change across each day that can make a big difference.

During winter, there is lots of talk of drawing the curtains to keep your heat in and to shut the cold out. But it is worth making the most of the winter sun in the day (where possible!) Opening your curtains when it is bright outside will act to draw that valuable heat inside. Drawing your curtains as it turns to dusk then acts to lock that heat inside.

If you feel a draught coming in, it’s worth detecting where it is coming from. Draught excluders placed along windows and doorways can help to stop your heat escaping from gaps between doors and windows.

Why not try and make your own? Using an old pair of tights and a few pairs of worn socks, you can stuff your own sausage dog excluder. It’s a good way of upcycling your old belongings to create a sustainable and low-cost fix to keep that warmth inside. To have a go click here.

If there are rooms that you use less regularly – you can try turning down the radiator valve to a lower setting to save energy. The valve contains a sensor so that when that temperature is reached, the sensor expands, preventing an excess of hot water from flowing into the radiator.

The average UK household uses 3330 litres of water per day. That’s a lot of water and a lot of energy being used to heat that water.

A water-saving showerhead can make a big difference in reducing how much water you are using. Why not visit SaveWaterSaveMoney? This handy website collates all the free goods you could receive from water companies across the UK, such as water-saving shower heads worth £30!