Home – it’s somewhere we want to feel safe and warm. That involves using energy to heat or cool your property, generate hot water and power all your appliances and devices.

Around 22% of the UK’s carbon emissions come from our homes, as a result.

We want to help you save money on your bills at the same time as reducing your carbon footprint. So, whether that involves being more energy-efficient, generating your own renewable energy, switching to a green tariff or insulating your home to keep the heat in – we’ve got advice and information to help.

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Improving the efficiency of your heating system is one of the most important steps you can take to reduce your fuel bills and your carbon dioxide emissions.

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In most households, half the money spent on fuel bills goes on heating and supplying hot water.

If we are to reach the net-zero carbon emissions target set by the UK Government, we will need to reduce the carbon emissions from heating our homes by 95% over the next 30 years.

To put this into perspective, the average household generated 2,745kg of carbon dioxide from heating in 2017. That’s enough to fill 18,000 baths.

To reach the 2050 target, we need to reduce this to 138kg per household, which would be the equivalent of driving four times around the M25 motorway.

There are likely to be significant changes ahead to how we heat our homes to meet these targets. But in the meantime, there is a lot you can do right now to make your heating system more energy efficient.

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Find out more at energysavingtrust.org.uk/advice/boilers/