https://homepremise.com/tags/energy-saving/ Recent content in Energy Saving on Home Premise Hugo en-us Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://homepremise.com/draught-proofing-a-home-without-cutting-off-its-fresh-air/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://homepremise.com/draught-proofing-a-home-without-cutting-off-its-fresh-air/ <p>The clocks went back in the UK on Sunday, and the US and Canada follow on 1 November. It is dark by teatime now. The heating is coming on properly, and any house with a gap under the front door is about to make that gap known.</p> <p>Forecasts for heating costs this winter are mixed. In the United States, homes heated with oil are expected to spend about a fifth more than last winter and homes heated with electricity about 4 percent more, while gas-heated homes should spend about 9 percent less. Whichever group your home falls into, warm air escaping through gaps you could close in an afternoon is heat you paid for and lost.</p>