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Utility Consumption Self Assessment
1. How do you ventilate your home in winter time?
Leave the windows ajar often or all the times while heating the room
With a controlled mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery
Trickle vents in the windows/other built in ventilation
Open the windows widely at least two hours each day and switch off the radiator
Open the windows widely at times and switch off the radiator
I don’t ventilate
2. Does your central heating system have the following controls: cylinder thermostat, thermostatic radiator valves, room thermostat, separate heating and hot water control?
all of them
some of them
none of them
3. What is your room thermostat set at?
between 21 and 25 C
between 18 and 20 C
25 C and above
4. What is your cylinder thermostat set at?
below 60ºC
60º
above 60º
5. How warm are your unused or little used rooms?
the same as other rooms
colder than other rooms
6. Have you carried out the following 3 measures which are worth a lot of money?
To insulate the radiator niches with reflective silver films
Install cavity wall and loft insulation
To reduce the average room temperature by one degree
7. Where are the largest saving potentials?
Electricity
Heating costs
Hot water consumption
8. Do you use energy saving lamps in your household?
Yes, in all the lamps
Partial
none
9. Do you look after the EU-label if you buy new white goods?
Yes, always
No, never
occasionally
10. How do you dry your laundry?
In the laundry dryer
At the clothesline
Over the radiators
11. Do you ever leave appliances on standby or fail to switch off unnecessary lights?
rarely or never
occasionally
Yes, always
12. Do you do any of the following? (Saving heating)
Close curtains at night to keep in heat and tuck behind radiators to stop heat being lost.
Do not block radiators with furniture.
Keep internal doors closed to reduce draughts.
13. Do you do any of the following? (Saving electricity)
Turn off lights you don’t absolutely need.
Defrost fridges and freezers regularly (they cost more to run if they need defrosted).
Use a toaster rather than the grill.
14. Do you do any of the following? (Saving water)
Only use the amount of water you need when boiling the kettle (cover the element of an electric kettle).
Put the plug in the sink and never leave hot taps running.
Wait until you have a full load before using washing machines or dishwashers.
Use a shower if you have one rather than the bath (electric showers which heat the water instantly use a lot of power so use them wisely)
