1, Having 250mm of loft insulation installed can save you up to 25% of your properties heating bills.

2, Roughly 30% of your properties heat is lost through its walls, if you have cavity walls, get them insulated.

3, To save on your heating bills by a further 10%, turn your thermostat down by just 1C.

4, Don’t leave appliances such as mobile phones on charge unnecessarily or leave TVs on standby, it wastes money and makes electricity companies even more money!!

5, Over the space of 1 month a dripping hot water tap can fill 2 baths full of hot water, get them fixed.

6, Most recent washing machines/dishwashers have a half-load or economy programme, if your appliance isn’t full, use it.

7, In recent studies they compared a 100 watt tungsten light bulb to an energy saving light bulb, and in the period of 1 year the energy bulb was £14 cheaper to run.

8, It is an old wives tale that once the fluorescent tube is on in the kitchen its cheaper to leave it on because it takes so much electricity to turn it back on, the fact is if you’re going to out the room for more than 11seconds, it’s cheaper to turn it off!!!

9, Installing double glazed windows is one of the least efficient ways of saving money around tour property, in most cases it can take over 100 years for it to be economically viable.

10, Wrap your hot water cylinder in an extra blanket, they are cheap and will pay for itself within an estimated 6 months.