Home upgrade grant

Norfolk Warm Homes is a partnership programme led by Broadland District Council to provide energy-efficient home improvement works.

No cost energy saving tips

• Turn down your central heating by 1°C, it can save up to 10% of your heating fuel, taking 10% off your bill! Turning your thermostat from 22°C to 21°C could save you £100 and 305kg of carbon dioxide annually.*
• Do not leave TVs or other electrical devices on standby, switch them off at the wall. Leaving them on standby uses up to 50% of the electricity they use when they are on. Avoiding standby and turning appliances off when not using them could save up to £55 and 45kg of carbon dioxide annually.*
• Choose a green electricity tariff and get your electricity from renewable sources, due to the rising costs of fossil fuels, this may not be the expensive option it used to be.
• Switch off the lights when you leave a room, turning off your lights when you don't need them could save you around £20 on your annual energy bills and avoid 18kg of carbon dioxide emissions a year.*
• Hang laundry on a clothes line to dry, tumble driers use huge amounts of energy.
• Only use your washing machine or dishwasher when you have a full load, half-load settings typically use as much as 80% of the power of a complete cycle.
• Wash your clothes at 30°C, washing at 30°C rather than higher temperatures could save £13 and 11kg of carbon dioxide a year.*
• Avoid filling the kettle with more water than you need.
• Install a smart meter that tells you how much energy you use in pounds and pence. Your supplier is responsible for fitting any smart metering equipment request a smart meter for your home.

Low cost energy saving tips

• Replace your light bulbs with energy-efficient ones, you can save £6 for every old-fashioned 60W incandescent bulb in a light fixture you replace with an LED equivalent.* They are now very cheap to buy from local supermarkets, DIY stores and electrical retailers.
• Draught-proof your home, draught-proofing windows and doors can save around £45 and 105kg of carbon dioxide a year.*
• Fit an insulating jacket on your hot water tank, insulating a hot water cylinder with an 80mm jacket could save around £200 and 690kg of carbon dioxide a year.*
• Insulate floors by filling gaps in the floorboards and skirting boards, it can save around £20 a year. Solid floor or suspended floor insulation could save around £75 and 185kg of carbon dioxide a year.*

Higher cost energy saving tips

• Turn down your central heating by 1°C, it can save up to 10% of your heating fuel, taking 10% off your bill! Turning your thermostat from 22°C to 21°C could save you £100 and 305kg of carbon dioxide annually.*
• Do not leave TVs or other electrical devices on standby, switch them off at the wall. Leaving them on standby uses up to 50% of the electricity they use when they are on. Avoiding standby and turning appliances off when not using them could save up to £55 and 45kg of carbon dioxide annually.*
• Choose a green electricity tariff and get your electricity from renewable sources, due to the rising costs of fossil fuels, this may not be the expensive option it used to be.
• Switch off the lights when you leave a room, turning off your lights when you don't need them could save you around £20 on your annual energy bills and avoid 18kg of carbon dioxide emissions a year.*
• Hang laundry on a clothes line to dry, tumble driers use huge amounts of energy.
• Only use your washing machine or dishwasher when you have a full load, half-load settings typically use as much as 80% of the power of a complete cycle.