Hi and welcome to the home energy saving tips page.

Since Australia is one of the worst emitters of greenhouse gases, probably because of our dependency on coal, l thought that it would be a good idea to set up a site such as this,  that can reduce this problem as well as great advise.

It is great to build a energy efficient house right from the start, but what if you haven’t got a large budget and want to make your old style house more energy efficient now?

Just keep reading and l will do my best to give you some ideas that you can use now to make your house more energy efficient.

*Wall and ceiling are the most common installations usually costing you a $1000 or more and saving you several hundred a year, although you can do roof installation yourself for $300-$500 dollars.

But there are less commonly used forms of insulation; namely floor and external wall insulation as well.

Floor will cost you around $200 to install and save you around $100 dollars per year.

External wall insulation, (which you physically put over your external walls) will save you about $700 per year and cost about $9000.

And considering it will take you more than ten years to get your money back, it is one option that needs some serious thought.

But there are more home energy saving tips to consider!

You have internal wall insulation as well, which has a similar cost to external, although installing both works out cheaper.

Insulating your hot water pipes and water heater can give you further savings, like more than $50 dollars per year for the hot water heater and about $20 for the hot water pipes.

Installation is about $20 for either if you do it yourself.

Other tips.

Filling gaps in your floorboards can save you about $50 per year and cost about $50 if you do it yourself.

Draft proofing your house can save you $50 per year, but it may cost you a couple of hundred to install, DIY is half of what a professional job would cost.

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