Make the most of your oven. Filling an oven and batch cooking meals can save energy and money. If you share your home with others, planning meals and eating collectively can help build relationships whilst saving both energy and money.

Smart meters help you track your energy use in pounds and pence. They can help educate you and your family to reduce your energy bills.

About a quarter of all our clean, drinkable water at home is flushed down the toilet. Place a sealed bottle of water or brick in your cistern to reduce this amount.

Washing a small load of clothes? Check you washing machine’s settings to see if you can use the “half load” programme to save water and energy.

Switch off radiators in any rooms you are not using regularly and keep internal doors shut to save energy.

Only fill your kettle with the water you need. You will save both water and energy.

Using lids on your pans when cooking will save energy and help heat the contents quicker.

Fit a water butt to collect rainwater. Your roof collects about 85,000 litres of rain each year (around 450 butts full). That’s water you can use for your plants and to wash the car, and it’s free!

Still using tungsten, halogen or fluorescent bulbs? Changing to LED lighting can save energy and money.

Make sure your pans fully cover the rings on your hob to use all of the heat being provided. Use the right sized ring for the pan you are heating.