Sustainable Living

Have you ever wondered if you would be better off financially living in a new build home? Or how much energy your iPhone uses?

Benefits of living in a new home

Living in a draft proofed home can save you up to £10 – £50 a year
With a room thermostat, programmer and thermostatic radiator valves in your home you could save between £70 – £150 a year
A 3 bed detached new build could cost 52% less to run than an ‘upgraded’ victorian home
A 4 bed detached new build could cost 55% less to run than an ‘upgraded’ victorian home
New builds are built with cavity walls which contain insulation. This insulation could save you £140 per year in heating

Household appliances

If every person in a 4 bedroom household showered for one minute less a day in a power shower it could save £60 on energy bills and a further £60 on water bills
Lighting has an average annual cost of £77 a year
TV + DVD + Set top box has an annual running cost of around £66
For your fridge freezer there is an average annual of £62 a year
If a household owns a washing machine and a tumble dryer the cost of laundering their clothes would typically be £80 not including softeners and detergents
For your electric kettle it costs an average of £25 a year to boil a full 2 litre kettle twice a day
An average running cost for an oven in £42

Did you know…?

The unreleased energy contained in the average dustbin each year could power a television for 5,000 hours
Recycling steel and tin cans saves 74% of the energy necessary to produce them
Enough energy is saved by recycling one aluminium can to run a TV set for 3 hours
Your iPhone uses 16p of energy a year
1 recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a 60 watt lightbulb for 3 hours
Microwaves use 70% to 90% less energy than ovens
An average 5 minute power shower can use up to 100 litres of water
The energy used to boil one kettle of water could light a room for the entire evening
Your laptop uses £5.09 worth of energy a year