Common mistakes can cost you extra

"Common mistakes can cost you extra"

"Why must you unnecessarily high electricity bills"

"Usually the autumn and winter utility bills skyrocket? nSe to not make the same mistake again. nHär are two checklists with the most common mistakes."

"We have listed some common reasons why electricity consumption is high in the apartment and house. Check through the checklist and see how you can change your consumption."

"■Heating by electricity. If your apartment is heated by electricity and electricity is not included in the rent consumption is high and thus your electric bill."

"■Elvärmegolv. A elvärmegolv in, for example, the bathroom can increase your consumption significantly. Your elvärmegolv can pull 200-400 kWh per m2 and year, depending on how warm you have and if the door against the surrounding room is closed."

"■Handduksvärmaren. A handuksvärmare is at and used often consume a lot of electricity."

"■El element. Even if the apartment is heated by a central system, there may be electric elements in the home."

"■Heater. A heater as a supplement because it is cold sometimes in the apartment makes the energy bill rises."

"■Lighting-churning. If you have belysningsspottar in the ceiling, they can draw a lot of electricity depending on which type you have. You have LED-churning is not the consumption so great, but you have 30 or 50 watts in each spot, you have a significant electric heating in the ceiling"

"■light Bulbs. Light bulbs in the light fixture provides high consumption compared with cfls."

"■TV with the equipment. If you let the tv and the equipment to the sound system, the boxer and the dvd player to stand on, it draws power."

"■Washing machine and dryer. To wash in the apartment can be convenient, but it also means that it consumes extra electricity. The drying process draws about four times more electricity than the washing."

"■Heating on the balcony. Do you have outdoor heaters, it can at long operating times have to cost a lot."

"(many of the items for the apartment also fits here)"

"■the indoor Temperature. The indoor temperature affects energy demand directly. Warming accounts for about 60 per cent of the energy needs of a house."

"■Insulation. Much of the heat can go out through the window, the wind and the walls. Make sure that the house is good isolated."

"■the Heating of the supply air. If you have air-heat pump in your house to reduce the costs of electricity, see if you have a heater that heats up the supply air, so that there is no need to get additional energy from the heat pump."

"■supplemental heat with electricity. Apply for example, if you have a wood boiler as the heating system. Often there is an immersion heater or elkassett that goes out when the base system is not enough or the automatic system does not work. Keeping track of when and how your supplemental heat goes up."

"■the Heating of the extra-spaces. This can be, for example, storage room or garage is not insulated so good but anyway to keep the heat in during the winter. Ensure that areas are well isolated."

"■Hot water. Long and hot showers, use energy. Normally hot water for 20 percent of the building's energy needs. Are you many in the home, it becomes a lot."

"■Dehumidifiers. If you have a dehumidifier, for example, to dehumidify basement it can take a bit of power."

"■Pool and pond. Pool or a trädgårdsdamm is at draws energy."