Thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) help ensure your heating is evenly distributed where you need it. Check them to make sure they are set properly so each area reaches the temperature you need and gets no hotter.

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

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.

Check the programmer on your heating and hot water to make sure the timings match your needs. If you don’t have a seven-day programmer fitted consider getting one.

Remember to turn off the tap while brushing your teeth – a running tap wastes over 6 litres per minute.

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.