Page 9 - Oundle Life January 2022

This article was written
by Camilla Sherwin, who manages the Oundle Waste
Less project for environmental organisation Transition Oundle. She works as a Sustainability
Consultant for Investors in the Environment, an accreditation programme which helps businesses reduce their eco-impact.
when you need hot
water, don’t leave
hot taps running
unnecessarily (or
any taps, for that matter), shorten shower times (5 minutes should do) and treat baths as a rarer luxury rather than an everyday necessity. This will help to keep water bills down too. And finally, only boil enough water in your kettle for your immediate use - kettles are badly insulated so the water left in it will lose its heat quickly.
7. Switch, seek support and install
Whilst there is still a carbon cost to renewable tariffs, they are much greener than standard ones, and are price comparative. You can switch using a comparison site or join the North Northamptonshire Collective Energy Switch, a competitively priced group purchase scheme for the county’s residents and SMEs.
Also, the Northamptonshire Energy Saving Service offers energy saving advice, free
home energy assessments, energy related benefit and debt advice. Search the North Northamptonshire Council website for details.
or ground-source heat pumps and similar technologies are becoming more affordable
and there is sometimes government funding to support their installation. If you are considering them for your home but would like to speak to someone local who has installed them in their home, contact Oundle Waste Less and we’ll link you up. If you have any tips you’d like to share, contact owl@transitionoundle.org.uk or follow and tag @OundleWasteLess on social media.
Happy 2022 everyone! Let’s hope it’s our greenest yet.
Wall insulation, solar panels, air-source
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