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East Midlands Energy Efficiency

Hints & Tips at Home

We all want to do our bit.  Safety, sustainability and energy efficiency are important to us all.  Sometimes it’s the little things that can make a big difference, particularly when we act collectively.  Here are some top tips to help at home.

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Use a microwave. Generally a microwave oven is the most efficient way to heat up and cook food.

Save energy with your washing machine. Modern washing powders often let you achieve the same results with lower temperatures.

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

When cooking you can often use the residual heat to to save energy if you switch your cooker off just before you finish cooking. However, you still need to make sure that your food is properly cooked through.

If your charger has an LED to show it’s in use, it is still using energy until you switch it off at the wall or unplug it.

Insulate hot water pipes along their full length. Don’t waste the energy you have used to heat your hot water.

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

Keeping the oven door closed while you are cooking helps keep your oven at a stable temperature. It can also improve your cooking whilst saving you energy.

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