Want to save money on your electricity bills and reduce your CO2 emissions? Then you may want to consider living with others, ditching the dishwasher and tumble dryer and being wary of those ubiquitous standby modes, according to a groundbreaking study carried out by the Energy Saving Trust, DEFRA and DECC.
The first comprehensive research of its
kind into domestic electricity consumption in English households has shed some
fascinating light on the habits of the nation. The in-depth study monitored
non-heating electricity usage in 251 households over periods of between one month and one year to investigate consumer habits in single- and multiple-occupancy
households.
