Our Top
Energy Saving Tips
With our expert advice, discover our top tips for saving energy throughout your home. From utilising your smart controls to investing in an efficient heat pump.
Save Money, Save Energy Throughout Plymouth
With simple, quick solutions such as turning down your boiler flow temperature and installing a smart thermostat, to long-term solution such as installing a heat pump, we’ve put together our top 10 energy saving tips!
1. Reduce your boiler flow temperature
A combi boilers default temperature is often set at 70 degrees, this can be reduced to 55-60 degrees to allow your boiler to run more efficiently.
2. Turn your thermostat down by 1 degree
Don't have a smart control? We can install an adaptable, easy to use smart control within your home allowing you to take complete control of your heating.
*For an average 3 bedroom house, according to the Energy Saving Trust
3. Connect your smart controls to your smart phone
By connecting your smart thermostat to your smart phone you can take complete control of your heating wherever you are.Stop heating an empty home and only warm up the rooms your in within individual and specific room settings.4. Take short showers
By reducing the time you spend in the shower to just 4 minutes you can reduce the amount of water you’re heating and save up to £95* a year!*According to the Energy Saving Trust
5. Join a boiler care plan
Ensure your central heating is covered and working its best all year round with our boiler care plans. With our care plans you’ll receive priority attention, preferential rates and more tests and check than a regular service.
6. Powerflush your system
A powerflush helps keep your central heating system running efficiently and at its best. By minimising the build up of rust, debris and sludge, your central heating system will have fewer breakdowns and improved longevity.Book a powerflush7. Wash your clothes at a lower temperature
8. Draught-proof your windows and doors
9. Improve your home’s insulation
10. Invest in a heat pump
Heat pumps are an energy efficient alternative solution to traditional boiler systems and can provide both heating and cooling.
With an impressive 20+ year lifespan, heat pumps are an extremely reliable, greener heating solution.
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