Provide energy advice on energy efficiency and renewable energy to your friends!
Communities and individuals found that it was much easier to talk to friends, neighbours and people in the wider community about energy issues if they were able to respond to people’s concerns about energy consumption and energy prices by providing immediate energy advice, or signposting people to sources of trusted information.
In response to this, Dorset community groups produced a range of energy advice videos, and the Centre for Sustainable Energy provided the SEACS project with a large set of advice leaflets. These are available for you to watch and download.
Jump to energy advice on: Tariffs & Billing | Renewables | Insulation | Doors & Windows | Heating Systems | Appliances | Transport | Food | Water | Life on Less Energy
Tariffs and Billing
- Economy 7
- Getting the best from your gas or electricity supplier
- How to read gas and electricity meters
- Understanding your gas bill
- Understanding your electricity bill
Renewables
- Air source heat pumps
- Small scale biomass heating
- Feed-in tariffs (‘FITs’)
- Solar water heating
- Domestic-scale solar electricity
- Your new solar PV panels
Insulation
- Damp and condensation
- Insulate your cavity walls
- ‘Hard to treat’ cavity walls
- Solid-wall insulation
- External solid wall insulation
- Internal solid wall insulation
- Insulate your loft
- Underfloor insulation
Doors and Windows
- Simple DIY draught-proofing
- High performance external doors
- Secondary glazing
- Video – Simple secondary glazing
- Video – Draught-proofing windows
- Video – Draught-proofing doors
Heating Systems
- Central heating controls
- Night storage heaters
- Upgrading your boiler
- Room heaters
- Video – Setting the radiator thermostat
- Video – Setting the room thermostat
Appliances
- Lighting
- What uses watt?
- Video – Standby switch off
Transport
- More miles for your money
- Video – Marie realises that cycling in the city is faster and much less hassle than driving her car.
Food
- Video – Join Marie for dinner as she enjoys a vegetarian meal with friends.
Water
- Video – Join Marie as she discovers the environmental benefits of a compost toilet and how easy they are to maintain.
Life on Less Energy
- Video – Using less energy
- Video – Energy saving in a new home
- Video – Energy saving at Old House
