Here are 10 simple energy and power saving tips helping you to save money, reduce your carbon footprint and to live a more eco friendly life.

Make sure you are not standing by
The average family can save 150kg of CO2 a year just by turning things off? Appliances left in standby mode account for around 10% of UK household energy use - so unplug devices when not in use. You will also save you around £40 per year.

Energy efficient lighting
In most homes, lighting accounts for 10 to 15% of the electricity bill Switch to low energy and energy saving light bulbs - you'll be amazed at the difference, and at how much you can save (about 80% of the energy of normal bulbs, actually).

Rechargeable Batteries
In the UK we throw away over 650 million batteries every year, polluting the soil and filling landfill sites. Rechargeable batteries save energy and the slightly higher cost is recovered in the first five charges. Recharging costs are also minimal.

Turn down you Washing Machine
Washing your clothes at 30 degrees instead of 40 degrees reduces electricity consumption on average by 41%

Only fill your kettle with what you need
At first glance, the idea of only putting the water you need to use into the kettle seems pretty finicky as, boiling an electric kettle to make a cup of tea only requires about 0.03125kWh of electricity and generates around 0.015kg CO2.

However, according to the UK Tea Council, as a nation we guzzle 165m cups of tea and 70m cups of coffee each day. If, as some figures suggest, we habitually boil twice as much water as we need, we could be needlessly wasting some 3,525 tonnes of CO2 every day

Have a shower not a bath
If everyone in the UK swapped just one daily bath for a five-minute shower, the water saved would supply the annual water needs of over 15000 households .

Even if you forgo the luxury of a bath in favour of a shower just once a week, you can save about 30kg of CO2 emissions

Put on a Jumper
When wearing a jumper you can turn the heating down. Lowering your thermostat by just 1.5C can save up to 10% on heating bills and reduce the greenhouse gases your household produces by up to a tonne.

Also don't forget to regularly bleed your radiators to get rid of inefficient air bubbles.

How about a solar powered or wind up alternative?
Why not switch to a solar powered or wind up household gadget. It’s the little things that add up. Why not check out our new solar powered clocks and weather stations

Close your curtains
Close your curtains or window shades during the night to keep in heat and open them during the day to let the sun warm your room and reduce heating needs. In the winter, opening curtains and shades in the day can let in sunshine and heat up your home. Closing curtains at night will prevent some heat from escaping and will reduce the chill from windows.

Turn off your tumble dryer
Household appliances that give off heat such as tumble dryers, use lots of electricity. Whenever you can hang your clothes outside to dry. Turning off the tumble-dryer is a 100% energy saving solution.