Night storage memories and energy management

We had a large storage heater in our rustic country kitchen. In the cold months it was a kind of seat. The coal fire in the sitting room rarely gave off enough heat to seep into the rest of the house. Even first time guests would find themselves seated against the large metal frame of the night storage heater in our kitchen. It stayed warm all day, but towards night the intensity of the heat subsided. My new home had storage heaters, and these childhood memories were fond, but I knew that meant I needed to manage energy and find a more efficient way to heat our house.

I needed more than some energy saving tips. Fuel bills are higher than they used to be, and storage heaters, while a good idea if you get a cheap nightly rate, always seem to work better in the morning when you least need them if, like me, you’re at home! the job! A full energy assessment was needed to find out how I could heat the house and, more importantly, retain heat in my home.

Isolation seemed like a good idea too, but I had no idea where to start. How was I going to find out how much energy I was already using, and how was I going to find out what I needed to do to use less? And how was I going to pay for all the improvements?

A friend at work referred me to a green energy management consulting organization. Due to global carbon saving measures, there are a variety of groups that will give you free advice on energy efficiency and often tell you about financial incentives such as rebates and green loans.

It’s a win-win situation, because reducing household energy consumption means we reduce our carbon footprint, and these carbon saving projects are part of a larger campaign to save carbon. We’re doing well, because the impact on us is that we get better, more efficient appliances and pay less for their running costs.

After contacting the energy management organization, they carried out an energy assessment and gave me a lot of valuable advice. Installing energy efficient products in my home now means there is better insulation throughout the house and my energy bills are much lower than they used to be.

I don’t miss those storage heaters at all. They were expensive to run and inefficient, just taking my money and heating my house when I wasn’t even there to appreciate it. Now when I have friends over in the cold months of the year, they can go straight to the nearest chair and sit back and relax, instead of sitting uncomfortably on an inefficient storage heater and wondering when they’re going to go to their warm home. Talk to an energy management organization, because energy efficiency in the home country for yourself and more.