ENERGY EFFICIENT SMART HOME

Energy prices are not going down. The average standard tariff is now some 20 per cent more expensive than it was five years ago, and production prices, even as energy companies transition to renewables, will rise for some time to come.

So what can be done? Reducing the ecological and economic aspects of energy use is very much a personal thing. It’s on us to use less energy in the first place. Switching off high–drain items when they’re not in use, using more efficient hardware and, most importantly, becoming aware of how much energy we’re using.

Over the page, we’ve pulled out somesavings you might make would take time — but having one or two could be a boon to finding out what’s drawing so much power.