Turn your thermostat down in 2009

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Turn your heating thermostat down by 1 degree and wear more clothes instead. Save yourself some money and help save the planet in 2009.

The average household can cut its bills and stave off global warming with some simple changes (click hre). Each home in Britain creates about six tonnes of CO2 a year, according to the Energy Saving Trust. Yet, by taking a number of simple steps the average household could cut that amount by approximately a third. What’s good for the environment can be good for your bank balances, too. Making your life more energy efficient can slash bills by hundreds of pounds.

This starter action is taken from a Top Ten listed here.

Did you know that setting the central heating system thermostat lower by one degree centrigrade can reduce your home’s heating bill by about £40 a year. (And even further savings can be made by closing the curtains to keep the heat in and by installing double glazing.)

Lucy Siegle, the Observer’s ethical and environmental correspondent refers to what she calls the ‘Holyoaks effect’: the way that people spend the winter as well as the summer in tee-shirts these days, instead of donning extra layers to keep warm in the colder months. It’s time to turn down and put on.

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