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Too Cool For School: How to save energy with kids home for the summer holidays
With schools breaking up this week, parents will be looking for ways to keep energy costs down as children stay home for the school holidays...
Key to a happy home? Separate bathrooms! Uswitch analysis reveals the most irritating household habits
A fifth of households who live with at least one other person, say separate bathrooms is the key to harmonious living, yet a further 17% say they would have separate bedrooms...
There may be tub-ble ahead! A fifth of hot tub owners have pulled the plug to avoid high energy bills
A fifth of the UK’s two million hot tubs have been mothballed or are only brought out on special occasions in order to avoid high energy costs...
'Read Your Meter' Week: 11 million homes at risk of overpaying on their energy bills by £30 million if they miss this important meter reading
Nearly 11 million households could risk overpaying on their energy bills by a collective £30 million if they delay submitting a meter reading before 1 July...
Cost of keeping cool: Households to save nearly £20 million on weekly air con bill this summer as energy prices cool
The two million UK households with an air conditioning unit will save nearly £20 million in running costs this summer compared with last year – as the year’s first heat wave arrives...
Father's Pay: Britain's dads switch off more than one billion lights in empty rooms each year
Britain’s dads deserve recognition for their efforts to save energy around the home – by switching off almost one billion lights in empty rooms every year...
Swapping spree: Households could save hundreds on energy over warmer months with a few simple swaps
Households could save hundreds on their energy bills on average over the summer months if they make simple swaps to reduce their gas and electricity use...
Uswitch responds to Ofgem’s announcement of the July energy price cap
Will Owen, energy expert at Uswitch.com, comments: “A 7% drop in the energy price cap from July to September is good news for the 28 million households on...
Uswitch responds to Cornwall Insight’s prediction for July’s energy price cap
Richard Neudegg, director of regulation at Uswitch.com, comments: “A predicted 7% drop in energy prices in July is clearly good news, with the price cap looking likely to hit its lowest level in over two years...