It emerged children living with a smart meter are more likely to eco shame their parents for setting the thermostat too high, leaving electrical items plugged in and putting the washing machine on a hot cycle.
They’re also more switched on to whether more water is being boiled than needed when a kettle is on, and whether or not the TV has been left on standby, than those children without electronic devices recording energy in the home.
A spokesman for Utilita Energy, which carried out the research as part of its #EnergyHigh5 campaign, said: “It sounds like home-schooling might have been flipped on its head - well, environmental studies, anyway!