Turn down the heat when the food starts to boil, in order to maintain boiling.

Are you in the mood for a cup of hot coffee? Fill the boiler only with the quantity of water necessary for your beverage.  

When you cook vegetables, use only enough water to keep vegetables covered.

Boil water with a boiler instead of waiting for water to boil in the pot. It’s quicker and consumes less energy!

Use a saucepan or pot with the right size for your burners and cover it with a lid. This will help it heat quicker and use up less electricity or natural gas.

Purchase a steam cooker or a multi-compartment pot or saucepan to simultaneously cook various vegetables on one single burner.

You can cook your food in the microwave oven – it cooks faster and consumes less energy.

Turn off the burner or oven for approximately 20 minutes before serving and let residual heat do the rest.

Keep the oven door closed while cooking. Heat losses may reach 25 degrees whenever you open and close the oven door.

Never put hot food in the refrigerator as it upsets interior temperature. Always leave your food to cool down before putting it in your fridge.

Set the temperature of your refrigerator between 3^oC and 5^oC.

Avoid opening and closing your refrigerator door more times than you have to during the day. In addition, never leave your refrigerator door open for longer than needed.

Defrost your refrigerator and freezer regularly to avoid the accumulation of ice, which, in turn, prevents proper freezing.

Arrange your kitchen so your refrigerator won’t be near the stove or at a spot directly exposed to sunlight.

Remove the dust from the rear of your refrigerator every once in a while. When dust accumulates on the coils, it makes your refrigerator consume more energy for its operation.

Purchase a new A+++ class refrigerator with low energy consumption. This allows you to save many euros a year.

Instead of washing every day, collect all your clothes and wash them once a week!

Use your ecology wash setting, which saves both energy and water.

Dry your clothes outside instead of using the dryer.

Keep your washing machine filters clean.

Make sure that you unplug the washing machine after you are done washing. Leaving your washing machine plugged in means that it will continue to consume energy.

Don’t forget to clean and bleed your radiators to save energy and time during winter.

As tempting as it sounds, don’t leave your clothes to dry on the radiator. Doing so makes radiators work harder than they have to.

It takes a lot of energy to keep your house cool during the summer. You can save energy by blocking the sunlight that enters your house during the day. Use blinders to cover your windows.

Set the temperature on your thermostat so it won’t exceed 18^oC–20^oC.

Adjust your thermostat to lower temperatures while sleeping; this will prove beneficial for both your energy consumption and your health!

Don’t leave your radiator on in high temperatures when you’re out of your property.

Use the timer of your central heating (and not the thermostat) to turn heating on and off.

Keep your radiator at a distance from large furniture. For example, avoid placing a couch in front of the radiator, because the couch will absorb a large amount of heat.

If your radiators are fixed on exterior walls, try placing heat panels behind them; this will allow the heat to be reflected around the room.

If you have a house with high ceilings, you can place a shelf right above the radiator. This will help the heat deflect towards the centre of the room instead of moving upwards towards the ceiling.

Invest in home insulation. Wall insulation will save you a lot of money on an annual basis. In addition, if you stick duct tape over window gaps, this will keep heat from escaping outside.

Check and maintain your boiler and natural gas tanks regularly.

Control the temperature in each room by using devices (such as thermostatic heads) installed on each radiator.

Decreasing your room temperature by 1^oC allows you to save energy that is approximately equal to 6% of the total energy consumed.

To save more energy at home, don’t leave your water heater on for longer than you have to, depending on the quantity and temperature of the water you need.

Don’t take showers longer than approximately 10 minutes; otherwise, purchase a shower monitor to see the quantity of hot water you are using.

In case of boiler replacement, install a condensing or high-efficiency boiler.

Reduce heat losses in the office or at home by blocking any door or window gaps with insulating materials, such as common duct tapes or silicone.

All modern appliances feature an energy label that informs purchasers about their energy efficiency. Choose an appliance with low energy consumption.

The energy consumed when your office lights are left on for a year can easily keep your house warm for three months.

Clean your lamps regularly and it won’t be long before you notice their improved efficiency.

To better adjust natural lighting, choose movable roller blinds instead of curtains for your windows.

Allow natural light to enter your space through as many sides as possible. This achieves greater sufficiency and greater allocation at the same time.

Replace all plain lamps with LED lamps. It is a well-documented fact that the use of LED lamps allows a saving of up to 90% of the electricity consumed by common incandescent lamps.

Turn out the lights when you exit a room. The consumption resulting from lights amounts to 12% of the total consumption in typical electricity bills.

Check the indication of electricity consumption before purchasing an appliance; consumption varies from one appliance to the other (even if placed in standby mode).

Close down the TV set, DVD player and sound system from their switches and not by remote control. Turning these devices off remotely puts them in standby mode, which means that they keep consuming electricity.

Unplug every electrical appliance you are not using – TV sets, DVD players and sound systems consume energy even when turned off and not used.

Don’t leave your phone plugged and charging all night long. It only takes a few hours for it to become fully charged.

Don’t leave your laptop or desktop turned on all day long. Try keeping it turned on only when you are using it.