The UK – A nation of energy wasters?

More than a third of Brits admit to not being energy efficient in the home – by leaving the TV on while nobody is watching it, using heating when the house is empty and boiling a full kettle to make just one cuppa!

The study by British Gas also found 18 per cent run the washing machine when it’s only half full, and 23 per cent leave the lights on in empty rooms.

Nearly four in 10 take longer showers than needed, and nearly three in 10 use regular bulbs when replacing lights, rather than more energy-efficient LEDs.

And perhaps unsurprisingly, it is children who have been labelled the worst offenders for wasting energy around the house (17 per cent).

Aston spoke to Marc Robson, smart energy expert at British Gas.

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