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02-February-2012
New page on saving heat in the greenhouse added.

24-January-2012
Following useful feedback from users the following pages have been updated: Balancing and Setting up a central heating system, radiator efficiency, radiator fault finding and thermostatic radiator valves.

19-January-2012
Saving heat in the greenhouse and radiator efficiency have been updated with new information.

10-January-2012
Balancing and Setting up a central heating system and central heating electricity use have been updated.

05-January-2012
The water section has been updated with revised information on dishwashers and toilet cisterns.

31-December-2011
Electrical section updated including adding new information to saving electricity with computers and finding the hidden consumers.

19-December-2011
All the energy saving checklists are now available in pdf as well as html.

14-December-2011
The lighting section has been updated with more information on CFL and LED bulbs plus various other bits of information have been added.

01-December-2011
The balancing and Setting up a central heating system record sheet is now available as a pdf download. Check out the Record Sheet Index for more record sheets.

23-November-2011
Links page updated with links to two useful sites: Green Choices and Sust-It.

Practical Home Energy Saving History 2012

A brief history of Practical Home Energy Saving which aims to help you save money and aid practical energy saving to help the environment by reducing CO2 emissions.

02-February-2012: New page on saving heat in the greenhouse added.

24-January-2012: Following useful feedback from users the following pages have been updated: Balancing and Setting up a central heating system, radiator efficiency, radiator fault finding and thermostatic radiator valves.

19-January-2012: Saving heat in the greenhouse and radiator efficiency have been updated with new information.

10-January-2012: Balancing and Setting up a central heating system and central heating electricity use have been updated.

05-January-2012: The water section has been updated with revised information on dishwashers and toilet cisterns.