Energy-saving tips for the bedroom

zenin623

In cold weather

• Set the heating to switch off a short while before you go to bed – that way it’ll still be nice and warm as you get ready for bed but the heating won’t stay on unnecessarily once you’re tucked up.
• Set the heating to switch on just long enough before you wake up for the house to be warm by the time you get out of bed. But you don’t need it to stay switched on all the way up to when you leave the house – the house will take a while to cool down again, so try setting the heating to turn off half an hour before you’re due to go out of the door.
• Use the right tog duvet for the weather (low tog in summer and high tog in winter) to avoid having to use the heating (or air conditioning) unnecessarily.
• Draw curtains at dusk to keep the heat in for when you go to bed.
• Wear socks to bed in cold weather to keep toasty.
• Use a hot water bottle to warm the bed up, rather than an electric blanket.
• Invest in draught excluders for the bedroom door to keep the heat in your room during the night.

Children’s bedrooms

• Encourage your children to turn off equipment at the socket by making it easy to get to the switch. A TV, DVD player and PS3 will cost around £30 to run over the course of a year – but it could be far higher if they are left on when not in use.
• Draw curtains at dusk to keep the heat in and the draughts out
• Get into the habit of keeping doors closed.
• Think about what you are putting on extension sockets to make sure you aren’t powering something that is not in use
• Think about “losing” the remote control to the television to reduce the temptation to leave it on standby.
• If you are thinking about buying a new computer, a new laptop typically uses around 85% less energy than a new desktop computer and takes up less room too.

cyclonebri1

Energy-saving tips for the bedroom


And I thought this was going to be a very "interesting" thread. :rotfl:


It still could be yet, ;)

societys_child

Energy-saving tips for the bedroom

Yeah . . not as interesting as I thought either,

anyway . . . send the missus to the spare room, take a sleeping pill and get an early night, how energy saving's that:)


*edit: Is it some kind of "Public Service Announcement"?