From appliances to heating, water usage to what your windows are made of, your home is a temple to use up energy and natural resources.

We are each accountable for a carbon footprint of around 10 tonnes per year. This means that you would have to plant 250 hardwood saplings to offset this huge emissions total. Wouldn’t it be easier to cut your carbon by making a few simple lifestyle changes?

Every room in your house is liable to be burning up resources at an alarming rate. A dripping tap can waste up to 90 litres of water in a week, an electric fan will burn through 115 watts of energy every hour, and if we all just stopped leaving our chargers plugged in we could cut a massive 55,000 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere!

Take a look round your house. Are you really an efficiency angel or is there room for improvement?

Energy saving in the home Ban your standby button or find out more > Unplug chargers and power supplies when not in use or find out more > Use tumble dryer balls to cut energy usage or find out more > Switch appliances with power packs or adapters off at the plug or find out more > Save energy by getting more sleep or enjoying a good book or find out more > Heating Put a jumper on instead of using your heating or find out more > Foil-back your radiators to reflect heat into a room or find out more > Fit draught-excluders to any single-glazed doors or windows or find out more > Don't heat an empty house while you're on holiday or find out more > Install cavity wall insulation or find out more > Lighting Switch to low-energy lightbulbs or find out more > Switch lights off when they're not in use or find out more > Use the natural light or find out more > Go for low-energy security lights or find out more > In the bathroom Replace washers on dripping taps to prevent water wastage or find out more > Don't flush the toilet for unnecessary things or find out more > Use natural products for cleaning your bathroom or find out more > Cut down on the water wasted by having a bath or find out more > Try to avoid energy-hungry power showers or find out more > In the kitchen Buy an energy efficient fridge/freezer or find out more > Fully load the dishwasher and don't use the 65°C setting too often or find out more > Dry your clothes outdoors when you can or find out more > Make eco-eats with a pressure cooker or find out more > Avoid using unnecessary kettle features like 'keep-warm' or find out more > In the garden Add a water butt to your garden or find out more > Reuse water from your house on your garden or find out more > Compost your garden cuttings and waste or find out more > Don’t waste water on your lawn or find out more > Give your patio heater the cold shoulder or find out more > Energy production Install solar panels to heat water or generate electricity or find out more > Generate electricity with a wind turbine or find out more > Use an available waterway to generate hydro power or find out more > Think about installing ground-source heat pumps or find out more > Go green with your electricity supply or find out more >

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