Keeping the home warm in the winter months can be hard, especially when there is no heating on. To help, sleep experts have shared the best tricks to make bedrooms warmer and cosier .
bring down energy bills. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt spent the morning with the britian s energy secretary grant shapps to find out what he does in his own home. hi thanks for having us around. the governments as draught proofing the doors and windows could save £60 a year and then there is your boiler. ., , ., , ., , , boiler. lots of boilers are ust set to max as boiler. lots of boilers are ust set to max as this i boiler. lots of boilers are ust set to max as this one boiler. lots of boilers are ust set to max as this one is boiler. lots of boilers are ust set to max as this one is at h boiler. lots of boilers are just set to max as this one is at the - boiler. lots of boilers are just set - to max as this one is at the moment. they don t need to be. this is just a question of turning it down. they say about 60. a question of turning it down. they say about 630- a question of turning it down. they say about 60- a question of turning it down. they say about 60. tha
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insulation in their homes. that money won t be available until the spring for many households. and without proper insulation one charity says some homes could be losing up to 45% of their heat. it is not the uk has some of the worst insulated properties in europe. the energy savings trust says a typical three bedroom semi with proper draught proofing and loft insulation could save £555 a year on their energy bill. the government grants that have been made available, because they are not available until the spring, there are many businesses and charities who feel they should go further, as i ve been finding out. 78 year old audrey is living injust one room of her home. she has several health issues, including arthritis and poor circulation, but says this is the only way she can manage to keep warm. i can t really afford to keep warm, only this way. so i m going to have tojust lie in bed. audrey lives in what s been identified by friends of the earth as one of the country s coldest
keep yourself or warm your feet up, then something like a heater on a very low setting very close to you is going to be the cheapest. if you are trying to heat a whole room but only for a few minutes, a fan heater it s probably quite quick at doing that. other electric heaters like convection heaters are better for heating over a long time but that gets expensive because the electricity itself is expensive. you touched on electricity itself is expensive. you touched on insulation in your first touched on insulation in yourfirst answer so let s rewind back to that. we are in the middle of this cold snap, and people cannotjust get the builders in tomorrow to insulate their homes, so what can people do in the short term now to help their energy efficiency? in the short term now to help their energy efficiency? draught proofing can be quite energy efficiency? draught proofing can be quite quick energy efficiency? draught proofing can be quite quick and energy efficiency? draught p