kitchen

When cooking, boil water in the jug first, then transfer to the pot on the stove.

The jug is more efficient in heating up the water as it is enclosed and designed for the job,

Get the kids to go around and turn off or unplug everything that is not currently being used. The kids like to see who can turn off the most in the shortest possible time.

It reduces cooking time by 70% compared with a convection oven

Yes you can keep your leadlights. Double glaze your existing leadlights with a great energy saving effect.

Let all that roasting hot air out after you cook in the oven! It's so much better than wasting all that heat behind a closed oven door.

last year i brought a f&p aqua smart washing machine which uses minim amount of water per wash.

To save power on cooking my Mum recently asked my Dad to build her a hay box. This is something they both remember from their childhood in Scotland. It is as it sounds, a wooden box filled with hay.

Put a pot of soup or a stew on the woodburner in the morning - by the time you're ready for dinner it will be cooked. Pitta breads do well on the top too.

Pour left over boiling water when making a cuppa into a thermos. The next time you or someone in your household wants a cuppa, just make it from the still hot water.