YWCA of Canberra WOF+ Workshop

Keep your heating costs down:

• Installing good-quality and well-fitted curtains with pelmets and blinds can save you up to 10% on your heating bills.
• Instead of heating the entire bedroom, use an electric blanket just to warm up the bed.
• Cracks and gaps in houses can account for 10 – 15% of heat loss. Save energy by sealing up gaps and install draught excluders under doors, soft rubber weather strips around windows, and seal around skirting and architraves.
• On sunny winter days, take advantage of free warmth by pulling back the curtains and letting the sun through the windows.