Ways to reduce your carbon footprint

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Generally speaking, we''d probably all say we''d love to cut down on our carbon footprints. But when it comes down to it, and we find out how much our environmentally conscious lifestyle alterations will cost us, the decisions become slightly harder to make. While we may set out with the best intentions, the divide between what our ethics tell us we should do and what we can afford to spend becomes too much of a problem.

Taking this into account, people will find they think differently when they discover that many of the big financial investments actually benefit them in the near future, and when we begin to see that the vast bulk of money spent will be made back in money saved, we start to wonder whether this wouldn''t be such a bad investment after all.

Take double glazing as an example. While generally speaking the price of purchase and installation could be anything between ?250 and ?300, you''ll save at least ?135 per year on your central heating bills, and it''s not long before you''ve made your money back and started saving on bills as well.

Another typical household appliance that could drastically affect your carbon emissions as well as your energy bill is your boiler. Generally speaking, these only get replaced when they start leaking or just conk out, which is understandable enough considering the vast cost and amount of upheaval that is required for the changeover operation.

Most people, however, will find that when they examine the figures, they''ll begin to reconsider the initial expense in light of the eventual benefits. An Energy Saving Trust survey carried out on this subject shows that installing a new boiler could result in a 40% increase in gas and electricity efficiency, cutting down your energy bills by a not imperceptible amount, to say the least.

Another factor of boiler efficiency that can affect your decision to change is the amount of fuel actually used by the older appliances compared to the newer ones. To explain this a bit better: old boilers only actually use 55% of fuel, whereas new boilers will convert more like 90% of the stuff into heat.

Unlike old boilers, their newer counterparts can work with forms of renewable energy, potentially reducing your bill further. So by getting a new boiler, not only are reducing your carbon footprint by having a more efficient household appliance, but you can also make use of solar panel technology as well as standard gas or electricity supplies, which comes as part of most new boiler offers from leading energy suppliers.

While these are suggestions which require an upfront investment, the eventual benefits are self-evident, not just for your bank balance but also for the good of the planet. The longer you hold onto your old boiler, the more time goes by in which you could be otherwise saving on your energy bill.

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Jarod Bartch is the author of this article about new boilers. Visit British Gas to find out the latest gas and electricity prices for UK residential and business customers.

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