Energy advice is advice on:

• How you use your household energy (gas and electricity)
• How you pay for your energy and
• Which company might be the best one to supply you with gas and electricity.

The aim of this advice is to improve your household energy efficiency by supplying you with the information you need to take action to reduce your household's energy use. This can help to reduce your energy bills and minimise the impact that your household's energy use has on the wider environment. This then results in more of your income being available to you. We call this achieving affordable warmth.

Affordable warmth is the ability to heat your home to an adequate level for household comfort and health, without developing debt as a result.

Energy Advice can be made up of several elements; any combination of the following can improve a household's energy efficiency and help maximize income to achieve affordable warmth.

No Cost Energy Saving Tips

• Using heating and hot water systems, household appliances, cookers and lighting more efficiently.

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• Choosing the most appropriate fuel supplier, price plan (energy suppliers call this a tariff) and payment method. This will not reduce energy usage but could help to achieve affordable warmth by reducing the cost of gas and electricity.

Low cost advice

• Buying low cost items which will improve energy efficiency, such as energy saving light bulbs.

You can try a free and unique 100% impartial energy search engine which allows you to compare the prices of all gas and electricity suppliers and find the very best deal for your home.  You can compare by savings alone, C02 savings, customer service standards or a combination of all three.  Please click on the link below:

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