Households could save as much as £797 a year on energy bills with simple checks around the home. With the price cap set to increase to £3,549 per year for dual fuel in an average household from the autumn, most people are becoming ever more conscious of what's using up gas and electricity.
The typically big energy-wasting culprits in British homes include electric heating left on while you're out at work. This could add a whopping £1,355 to an annual bill after October - a jump from £616 per year.
Electric underfloor heating is the second biggest power drain, reports Birmingham Live, and the cost of leaving this on for an extra hour a day could leap from £309 to £567 per year.
Most of these things are running in the background without you realising or remembering they're making your meter display tick over by the minute. Read more:"People are ringing me up and saying 'I'm suicidal mate, I can't deal with this'" These 'always-on' appliances are what's known as the Phantom Load and they account for a third of an average energy bill.
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