1. Lower your room temperature by 1°C - Recommended room temperatures for comfort are 20oC (68oF) in living rooms and 16oC (60oF) in bedrooms. However, if you have young children or elderly people living in your house, you may need to increase these room temperatures by a further 1°C.

2. Avoid covering your radiators with curtains - Most radiators work best by circulating hot air in a room. So fit your curtains so that they cover the whole window alcove, and if there is a radiator beneath it and your curtains are long, tuck the remaining curtain behind the radiator as this will encourage more heat to flow into the room where it is needed, rather than toward the cold window where it is not.  

3. Place a shelf above your radiator - This will help redirect the rising warm air into the room.

4. Place reflective material behind radiators situated on outside walls - Up to 70 per cent of the heat emitted from the back of a radiator is used to heat the wall behind it. This heat is then transferred to the outside of the wall where it is lost, particularly in older houses. Reflective material fitted behind the radiator and convects warm air away from the wall.
Unlike other reflective materials Heatkeeper  Radiator Panels are profiled to accelerate air flow and direct the heat back into the room. They can also be cut to size and are simple to install using double-sided tape which is provided in the pack.

5. Insulating your home - When it's colder outside than inside, all houses will experience heat loss. Heat is constantly on the move, flowing from hotter areas to cooler ones.
Insulation solutions come in all shapes and sizes from loft insulation, wall insulation and floor insulation, to water tank insulation, water pipe insulation and window glazing. So it can be hard to figure out where to start. To help make sure the solutions you choose are right for you we recommend the Energy Saving Trust website which offers free independent advice on all these topics and more.

6. Draughtproof your home - Gaps in windows and doors are amongst the biggest heat loss culprits in your home, so draught proofing these areas should be your first priority.  There are many solutions available including: Compression seals (plastic-covered foam strips or rubber tubes fixed in a metal or plastic carrier, which are pinned onto the door or window frame) Low friction/wiper seals (fine nylon brush pile or a rubber blade fixed in a metal or plastic carrier) and Gun applied sealants (silicone or polyethylene sealants sold in tubes and used for filling gaps which are very small or irregular, or in places where other draught proofing materials would be ineffective such as metal windows). These solutions can easily be found at most DIY stores.

7. Love your hot water bottle - If you're home alone and feeling a little chilly, but don't want to waste energy heating the whole house - get your hot water bottle out! Hot water bottles are a great way to achieve that cozy feeling and you'll be surprised by how quickly it warms you up.
Also, if you're put off because you haven't got a soft fluffy cover for your hard rubber hot water bottle, why not make one by recycling an old fleece or jumper? Not only will it feel nicer to cuddle but by insulating the bottle, it will retain its heat for longer too.

8. Tuck into some hot home cooked meals - There's nothing nicer on a cold day than a hot home-cooked meal waiting when you get home. But for some of us the chances of that happening are pretty slim. Unless of course you've discovered the wonderful world of slow cooking.
Slow cookers have always had a great reputation for their ability to deliver tasty dishes with the least amount of fuss - and energy.  At the Good Energy Shop, we've chosen the Morphy Richards Ecolectric slow cooker because its unique insulated lid and extra low energy consumption uses up to 44% less energy compared with standard slow cookers, without compromising on performance.