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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.

18-December: Additional information added to background. Page of Links to sites related to energy and cost saving added.

3-December: Tip of the day added

22-November: Heating section updated including adding oil cost and use details. Minor updates to the Water section.

15-November: Page on washing machines added, dishwasher page updated. Further changes to 2006 electric and heating surveys results.

10-November: Lighting and Miscellaneous cost saving examples updated to use latest electricity prices. 2006 Survey updated with latest changes.

6-November: Site layout revised to make navigation simpler.

1-November: Added latest cost and use figures for electricity.

8-October: Details of latest reductions in water use added.

1-October: 2006 Heat Loss Survey results added. Project Pages added. Extra data added to 2006 Electricity Use Survey.

17-September: Software section moved to JSutils.com. Links on this site have been changed to reflect this.

3-September: LANOff V2.5 released

28-August: EnCalcE V2.1 and EnCalcL V2.1 released.

21-August: CPUOff V3.5 released

7-August: Latest cost savings and 2006 survey added to the Electrical Energy Saving section.

2-August: EnCalcL V2.0 released.

24-July: EnCalcE V2.0 released. Page on dishwashers added to Water and Electrical sections of Energy Saving.

7-June: Electrical Energy Saving section completed including latest costs & cost savings.

28-May: Water Energy Saving Section completed and updated to reflect latest costs & cost savings.

30-March: EnCalcL released. The companion to EnCalcE this is a water use calculator.

21-March: CPUOff V3.1 released. SImple Tips for Electricity and Heating updated.

14-March: LANOff V2.0 released. Extra info added to saving water section.

20-February: EnCalcE V1.0 released.

2-February: CPUOff V3.0 released.

26-January: Further info added to saving water section.

11-January: Updated graphics for saving heating and water sections.

2-December: Simple tips for water saving updated. More water pages added. First part heating section added.

21-November: New look web site - EnCalcE Beta available in the software section.

8-November: Initial electrical energy survey results added to the electrical section of saving energy.

12-October: SIte first went live with sections on software and energy conservation