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10-March-2010
First results of hidden consumers investigation added. 2009 survey results and notes updated.

02-March-2010u
Simple tips to save money electricity, heat and water updated. Find out some zero cost ways to save money on your energy bills.

17-February-2010
Further updates to the lighting pages. Further updates added to the 2009 electricity and heat surveys for the new house.

08-February-2010
New page on LED lighting added. Rest of lighting pages updated.

03-February-2010
Example of insulating central heating pipes added. Further updates added to the 2009 electricity survey and survey notes for the new house.

25-January-2010
Heat survey results completed and notes updated for the new house.

16-January-2010
New page on thermostatic radiator valves added, bleeeding radiators page updated.

08-January-2010
Balancing and setting up the central heating system updated with some user feedback.

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

24-December: Page of miscellaneous heat reduction information added.

14-December: Vista settings added to section on computers. Minor update to Setting Up Central Heating.

4-December: Section on computers expanded to include details of setting up for maximum energy saving.

23-November: Loft insulation page added. Insulating hot water pipes updated, balancing central heating systems updated.

10-November: Latest electricity costs and CO2 savings added.

4-November: Central heating pipe insulation page updated. Washing machine page updated. Simple tips to save heat updated.

21-October: Water section updated and latest cost and use figures added.

8-October: 2006/7 Heating costs and CO2 savings added. Heating section updated with latest information.

1-October: Page on televisions added.

8-September: Simple Tips To Save Water updated. Computer page updated.

29-August: Latest electricity usage, cost and CO2 savings added.

24-July: Simple Tips for Electricity, Heating and Water updated and expanded.

22-June: Two new remote control switch reviews added to Review pages.

5-June: Review pages added to the Misc section with the first review on a remote control switch pack. More reviews coming over the next few months.

18-May: Carbon dioxide savings added to electrical section. Simple electricity saving tips updated. Conversion page updated.

7-May: Carbon dioxide generation figures added to conversion factors page. Carbon savings added to heating section.

23-April: Page on Pressurised Hot Water Systems added. Rainwater storage increased.

14-April: Latest water costs and water use added. Links page updated.

2-April: Electrical section revised and brought up to date. SImple Electricity Saving Tips and Computer Energy Saving Tips updated. Latest electricity costs added.

18-March: 2007 Water Survey results added. Extra information added to section on water.

14-February: New page on pipe insulation added to Heating section. General tidy up of Heating section.

5-February: New checklists added for electricity, heating and water. Improvements to the survey process in Electricity, Heating and Water.

24-January: Heating section updated with new information on balancing and setting up central heating, page added with temperature measuring tips, central heating balancing checklist added. Links page updated.

7-January: Heating section updated with new information. Page on balancing and setting up central heating added

1-January: Link to Energy Miser blog added. Page covering rechargeable batteries added. Electrical section updated.