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Reduce Your Electricity Bill with Simple Gestures
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Reduce Your Electricity Bill with Simple Gestures

Lighten your monthly charges and carbon footprint with these easy-to-implement daily habits.

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Understand and Optimize Your Heating Consumption for Winter
Energy

Understand and Optimize Your Heating Consumption for Winter

Heating accounts for the largest share of a household's energy expenses. Learn how to adjust your radiators, manage temperature room by room, and adopt the right habits to reduce the bill without sacrificing thermal comfort.

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Insulate Your Windows for Winter cheaply and Without Renovation
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Insulate Your Windows for Winter cheaply and Without Renovation

Do your windows let cold air in? Discover economical and easy-to-install solutions to improve the thermal insulation of your glazing and eliminate drafts.

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Choose the Right Energy Supplier and Reduce Your Bill
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Choose the Right Energy Supplier and Reduce Your Bill

The energy market is complex. Regulated tariffs, market offers, off-peak options... Here is how to decipher offers and choose the one that truly matches your consumption profile.

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Radiator Maintenance: Bleeding and Effective Cleaning
Energy

Radiator Maintenance: Bleeding and Effective Cleaning

A poorly maintained radiator heats less well and consumes more. Learn how to bleed air and desludge your radiators for maximum efficiency this winter.

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Plug & Play Solar Panels: Installation and Profitability
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Plug & Play Solar Panels: Installation and Profitability

Producing your own electricity has become accessible to everyone thanks to 'Plug & Play' solar kits. Discover how it works, how to install them, and how much you can save.

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Understand the EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) of Your Home
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Understand the EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) of Your Home

A, B, C... G? The energy label of your home is not just a letter. It is a key indicator of your comfort and future bills. Learn to read and interpret an EPC.

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Adjust Your Water Heater to Save Without Losing Comfort
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Adjust Your Water Heater to Save Without Losing Comfort

Domestic hot water is the 2nd largest energy expense item. A simple temperature adjustment can save you tens of euros per year.

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VMC: Why Ventilation is Essential for Your Savings
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VMC: Why Ventilation is Essential for Your Savings

Paradoxically, ventilating allows heating better. A humid house is much more difficult to heat than a dry house. Discover the key role of VMC.

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Economical Cooking: Tips to Reduce Consumption in the Kitchen
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Economical Cooking: Tips to Reduce Consumption in the Kitchen

Cooking represents a significant part of the electricity bill. Lid, passive cooking, burner size... adopt the right habits of an economical chef.

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Insulate your hot water pipes (insulating) to save money
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Insulate your hot water pipes (insulating) to save money

Hot water cools in the pipes before reaching the tap. Insulate them for a few euros.

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Install aerators on taps to reduce water bills
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Install aerators on taps to reduce water bills

Reduce your water consumption by 50% without losing comfort. The most profitable investment.

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Bleeding your radiators: why and how to do it?
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Bleeding your radiators: why and how to do it?

Are your radiators 'glou-glou'? Are they cold on top and hot on the bottom? There is air in the circuit.

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Adjusting the water heater temperature: savings and safety
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Adjusting the water heater temperature: savings and safety

Too hot is expensive and dangerous (burns). Too cold is risky (bacteria). Find the happy medium.

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Install a thermal insulating film on the windows (overglazing)
Energy

Install a thermal insulating film on the windows (overglazing)

Do you have single glazing and don't have the budget to change? The window film is a stunning solution.

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Understanding your electricity bill: HP/HC, power, taxes
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Understanding your electricity bill: HP/HC, power, taxes

Is it Chinese? Deciphering your bill often allows you to find hidden savings.

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Reduce your water consumption in the shower (simple tips)
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Reduce your water consumption in the shower (simple tips)

The shower represents 40% of the household's drinking water. A few minutes less means more euros.

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Choosing your LED bulbs wisely: Lumens, Kelvins and Watts
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Choosing your LED bulbs wisely: Lumens, Kelvins and Watts

No more Watts, we're talking in Lumens. How not to make a mistake and have beautiful light?

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Maintaining your gas boiler: obligations and simple actions
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Maintaining your gas boiler: obligations and simple actions

Annual maintenance is mandatory, but there are things you can do yourself to make it last.

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Insulate sockets and switches against drafts
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Insulate sockets and switches against drafts

Run your hand in front of your grips on a windy day. Do you feel the cold? This is a major thermal leak.

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Install a heat reflector behind the radiators
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Install a heat reflector behind the radiators

Why heat the wall that faces the outside? Return heat to the room.

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Defrosting your freezer: the quick method to save money
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Defrosting your freezer: the quick method to save money

3 mm of frost = 30% more consumption. The motor forces to cool through the ice.

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Choosing an economical auxiliary heater: oil bath or fan?
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Choosing an economical auxiliary heater: oil bath or fan?

Are you cold in a room? Which mobile radiator consumes the least for the best comfort?

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Caulk the bottom of the door against the cold (draft, brush)
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Caulk the bottom of the door against the cold (draft, brush)

A 1 cm gap under the front door lets in as much cold as a 10 cm hole in the wall.

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Insulate the Roller Shutter Box (Major Cold Source)
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Insulate the Roller Shutter Box (Major Cold Source)

The shutter box is often a simple wooden or plastic box open to the outside. Insulate it!

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Reduce the electricity consumption of your internet and TV box
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Reduce the electricity consumption of your internet and TV box

A box on 24/7 consumes as much as a fridge! Should it be turned off at night?

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Washing your laundry at 30°C: is it effective and economical?
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Washing your laundry at 30°C: is it effective and economical?

80% of a washing machine's electricity is used to heat the water. Washing cold changes everything.

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Install a rainwater collector for the garden
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Install a rainwater collector for the garden

Drinking water is expensive and becoming scarce. Rainwater is free and better for plants (no lime/chlorine).

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Close Shutters at Night: How Much Do You Really Save?
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Close Shutters at Night: How Much Do You Really Save?

A simple gesture that reinforces your window insulation.

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Turn Off Standby: The Switch Power Strip
Energy

Turn Off Standby: The Switch Power Strip

The little red light on the TV, PC, coffee maker... All that put together represents 10% of your bill (excluding heating).

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Cooking with a lid: the forgotten energy saving
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Cooking with a lid: the forgotten energy saving

Boiling water without a lid uses 4 times more energy. A simple gesture from a chef.

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Clean the rear grill of the fridge to consume less
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Clean the rear grill of the fridge to consume less

No one looks behind the fridge. However, the dust that accumulates there prevents the heat from escaping.

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