With the global economic crisis, more and more people are into tightening their budgets with regards to home expenses such as food, transportation and other necessities. Although they are implementing strict measures in not spending too much on lavishness and frivolities, they still find themselves under financial crisis due to the large amount on their energy bills. This is the result of improper management and usage of energy within their homes.



People just aren't aware of just how much they can save around the house. For example, did you know that an average family can save 150kg of CO2 a year just by turning things off? Appliances in standby mode account for around 10% of UK household energy use - so unplug devices when not in use, or invest in a standby saver - it'll save you around ?40 per year.

For those who find waste of any kind offensive there are Rechargeable Batteries. In the UK we over 650 million batteries are chucked away every year, polluting the soil and filling landfill sites whilst Rechargeable batteries save energy and the slightly higher cost is recovered in the first five charges. Recharging costs are also next to nothing.

If you are interested in this kind of thing then it might be worth you checking out house insulation. There is a big government drive at the moment to try and insulate as many houses in the UK as possible and if you are willing to put up with the initial investment common wisdom is that it will have paid for itself within three years.

There are also dafter things you can do too. Showering together is one of them. Having a shower not only saves on water, but it also saves on the energy used to heat the water and if there happens to be two of you in there at once then that's twice as much energy saved. You could also try shower timers. These contraptions time exactly 5 minutes, showing you when it's time to turn the shower off. According to the BBC's water saving tips: taking a 5 minute shower every day rather than a bath uses a third of the water and will save 400 litres of water a week.

All that said, probably the best way to save money on energy in your house is to get your boiler seen to. According to British Gas the amount of money wasted on inefficient boilers every year is astronomical and having yours either serviced or replaced will end up paying dividends for you.