Save energy to save yourself money

Saving energy has never been more apparnt than now – not just with the intention of saving a few pounds on your bills, saving energy is also helping the planet recover from all the notoriously bad gasses that have been pumped in to the atmosphere since the industrial revolution. New build homes are generally greener than older ones.

To save money and energy on your bills, try turning your thermostat down a couple of degrees and install compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) when your older incandescent bulbs burn out. Other ways of saving energy include using a cold wash cycle when washing clothes as up to 85 percent of energy consumption occurs heating up the water.

Save water to save yourself money

Water consumption is a major problem all over the world, with many people taking advantage of it while many people  don’t even have the opportunity to do so.

Saving water can be achieved in a few ways, with one of the most effective ways being to take shorter showers and run shallower baths. Low flow shower heads are a good way of keeping shower costs down, and do not cost too much either – in fact, if you buy one for £20 then chances are over a period of 3 months you’ll have make your money back.

Drink Tap Water

Drink tap water, not bottled and save money as well as helping the planet. If you don’t like the taste use a filter. UK tap water is more tested and regulated than most bottled waters. The industry uses around 2.7 million tonnes of plastic in packaging not to mention the transport cost in fossil fuel. Even the plastic that is recycled has a transport overhead. So next time you want water – turn on the tap.

If you live in a hard water area then the best way to make tap water drinkable is to boil it and then filter it, as boiling eats up all metallic properties within the water.

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