{"id":257,"date":"2006-06-28T07:12:08","date_gmt":"2006-06-28T07:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/?p=257"},"modified":"2006-06-28T13:23:37","modified_gmt":"2006-06-28T13:23:37","slug":"summer-energy-saving-tips-from-powergen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/diy-building\/diy-advice\/summer-energy-saving-tips-from-powergen\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Energy Saving Tips from Powergen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='\/images\/powergen\/energy-saving-tips.jpg' class=\"right\" alt='Save Energy This Summer' \/>It&#8217;s not necessarily true that your power bill will take a nose dive in the summer &#8211; although your heating is off, there are plenty of other energy-guzzling appliances in use, like electric patio heaters, fans, garden gadgets and even hot tubs!<\/p>\n<p>To help keep your bills down during the summer months, Powergen has devised this Five Minute Summer Saver Home and Away Hit List:<\/p>\n<ul>\nHome<\/p>\n<li>Think about the wattage of any new electrical gardening gadgets you buy &#8211; the higher the wattage the more likely that it is a garden energy guzzler!<\/li>\n<p><code><\/p>\n<p><\/code><\/p>\n<li>Wash your car with a sponge and bucket rather than wasting energy and water using a pressure washer.<\/li>\n<p><code><\/p>\n<p><\/code><\/p>\n<li>Get those biceps working by using old fashioned hedging shears rather than the electrical variety.<\/li>\n<p><code><\/p>\n<p><\/code><br \/>\nAway<\/p>\n<li>Ensure the heating and hot water are turned off before you go away on holiday.<\/li>\n<p> <code><\/p>\n<p><\/code><\/p>\n<li>Unplug all electrical appliances at the wall &#8211; many appliances like TVs, Digiboxes, DVD players and microwaves waste energy when left on standby.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>tel:<\/strong> Energy Efficiency Helpline (0500) 201 000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not necessarily true that your power bill will take a nose dive in the summer &#8211; although your heating is off, there are plenty of other energy-guzzling appliances in use, like electric patio heaters, fans, garden gadgets and even hot tubs! To help keep your bills down during the summer months, Powergen has devised this Five Minute Summer Saver Home and Away Hit List: Home Think about the wattage of any new electrical gardening gadgets you buy &#8211; the higher the wattage the more likely that it is a garden energy guzzler! Wash your car with a sponge and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/diy-building\/diy-advice\/summer-energy-saving-tips-from-powergen\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[296],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}