- Insulate the area where the water tank is.
Indeed, if your water is freezing, it costs more to heat up.
- Insulate pipes.
- I changed the immersion tank lately, I got a smaller insulated tank with a timer: great savings!
- You may switch off the heating off at night, put extra blankets, wear a warm pyjamas with socks... Not very sexy but great savings.
- When the gas heating isn't used, eg during the summer, ensure to switch the pilot light and the pump off.
- When leaving your house for the day, a week-end or holidays: switch everything off, unplug everything: immersion, heating system, tvs, video, cable box, washing machines, computers, printers, mobile phone chargers, broadband modems, radio alarms, landline phone/voicemail chargers, baby interphones... (bar the fridge unless it's empty, make sure to leave it open then...)
- We switched to Bord gais for electricity and as we also use their gas, we get 14% off the electricity units vs ESB.
I might switch again soon as I see that
www.flogas.ie are offering gas 9% less than Bord gais and airtricity are entering the gas market this Christmas.
I might switch to airtricity to get 13% off electricity vs ESB and
switch to Flogas to get 9% off vs Botd Gais.
All in all: Great news!
- One other thing I'm wondering though, alarms are constantly on, how much electricity do they consume, does anyone know? (I was tempted a while back to get a solar alarm system as our alarm doesn't work anymore...)