10 things you can do to save energy at home

• Only use the heat, lights and appliances you need
• Lag your hot water tank
• Lag your hot water pipes
• Use energy saving light bulbs
• Add to your heating system:
  - thermoststat
  - thermostatic radiator valves
  - timer/programmer
• Fit draught-proofing to windows and doors
• Loft insulation should be 200mm thick
  - DIY
  - contractor
• Install plastic secondary double glazing
• If you have cavity walls, seek advice on cavity wall insulation
• If you have an old central heating boiler, fit an energy efficient condensing boiler

10 things you can do to save energy at work

• Switch off your light when you leave your room
• Report under-heating and avoid the use of electric heaters
• If your room is too hot turn off the heating before opening windows
• Keep your fume cupboard / ventilation off when it's not required
• Ensure your monitor and disk drive power-down when inactive
• Press the powersave button on the photocopier when you finish using it
• Switch off printers at the end of the day and consider time switches for shared printers
• 'Purchase efficiently,' taking account of eqipment energy use and lifecycle costs
• Don't let heating fight cooling - report faults
• Take action! A small contribution by all will result in a significant reduction in our energy use.