Lovely Freebies

As we approach the final week we are looking for free stuff and ideas to try and reduce our energy saving a little further (because we've nearly blown our budget!). The first things we found were on www.savewatersavemoney.co.uk. Now we know saving water isn't saving energy but saving hot water is (and it is good and eco friendly to keep our water usage down). Anyway, we got a free 4-minute shower timer and free energy saving shower head plus free shower save and tap aerators. All are designed to reduce water usage but also decrease hot water usage therefore reducing energy use (and they are FREE!).

The topsy-turvy weather continues with a lovely sunny and hot day today (we had snow 3 days ago!) so saved energy by using ours and getting out and about (even with Sammy cutting off half my head!).

In the energy saving "zone" we kept the TV and gadgets off and Tom and I got creative model making (we used to do loads when he was younger but all got lost in our gadgets up until the Great Energy Race).

ESTIMATED ANNUAL SAVINGS
Free water saving stuff                    £5
H2O alarm clocks x 4                    £30
Door draught seal                            £5
Lined front door curtains               £10
Bathroom energy saving light       £30
No power games & activities        £10
Less charging (car inverter)          £15
No power lawn mowing                £10
Reduced ironing                            £15
Hall energy saving light                £30
Front door solar light                    £30
Lined bedroom curtains                  £5
Cooking Co-operative                   £25
Dishwasher used only when full   £20
Bed half an hour earlier                 £25
Washing Machine at 30 deg C      £15
Reduced Heating & Hot Water     £50
Ditch the Tumble Dryer                £50
Still Less TV & Xbox                   £10
Total Annual Savings                  £390

ACTUAL SPEND (will add items in as we install them and estimate their savings)
H2O alarm clocks x 4                    £26
Door draught seal                            £5
Pulley bathroom airer                    £43
Lined front door curtains               £21
Bathroom energy saving light       £20
Invertor                                          £20
Hall energy saving light                £27
Front door solar light                     £25
Lined bedroom curtains                 £10
Total spend                                   £197
Weather meant to be nice tomorrow so we will be out and about again keeping the power usage as low as possibly and also got the last few B&Q purchases to fix up.

TTFN