It’s winter. It’s cold. And our heating and utility bills can send a big chill through our heart!! Can’t they?

When we’re juggling Christmas spend but I have found a whole bunch of simple, DIY energy saving tips to save money whilst keeping our homes – whether big house or tiny apartment – warm and cosy.

And these energy saving tips are not just fabulously frugal, they are eco friendly too and will help us live in a more sustainable, green way and reduce our carbon footprint without the cost and complication of fancy insulation, solar panels or wind turbines.

Sounds good? Perhaps too good, huh?

I mean, can we really save much money on utility bills with a few frugal tips? Well, I’ve discovered we can because together these tiny tips – done right – are hugely powerful if we “snowball” our savings.

Do keep reading to learn how and for a big list of simple money saving tips you can take action on right now. And for more simple money saving tips follow me on Pinterest and check out my other frugal living posts.

The Huge Snowballing Power of Tiny Energy Saving Tips

You’ve heard of Dave Ramsey right? And his snowball trick for debt reduction. Well we can also use the snowball method to cut our heating and electricity bills.

We start small with the tiny energy saving tips that don’t cost anything to do. I’ve a big list of 50 energy savers for you below to get you started.

Sticking to some of these can save us 10%. Really getting into the habit and sticking to more energy saving tips we can save 20%.

Typically this IS a £500 a year saving. Hurrah!!

Now we could just pocket that. Or pay off Christmas debt. But we can get the snowball rolling and save more IF we invest a bit on a few energy savers.

This could be:

£10 on a window insulator kit
£20 on a radiator reflector
£50 on a chimney balloon
£100 on some thick vintage curtains
£200 on attic insulation

And these energy savers save us more. So next year we save £800 on our energy bills. And so the snowball keeps growing bigger : we save energy, invest some of the savings in more energy savers and save more.

Whoop, whoop, whoop!!!

And all that energy saving on our utility bills is eco friendly and good for the planet. So let’s get started.

50 Simple Frugal Ways To Save Money On Utility Bills

And here we go.

A massive list of simple energy saving tips.

To cut utility and heating bills …

Let kids get grubby … don’t give them a bath every night. This also seems to build their immunity.
Turn thermostat down little by little
Wear big furry slippers
Wear vests … simple layering makes a massive difference
Wear thermals
Put a sweater on
Switch lights off when leave a room … heh, the Queen does it, so surely we can!
Shut doors after you
Only boil amount of water you need
Draw curtains at dusk
Put lids on pans
Air dry clothes
Don’t charge phones over night
Hang clothes to dry so don’t need ironing
Cover key holes
Turn kitchen radiators off when cooking
Put small pans on small rings
Time showers
Turn hot water thermostat down a notch
Use quick wash on washing machine
Soak very mucky clothes before washing
Do 1 less wash weekly by rewearing clothes
Put draught extinguishers in front of doors
Run full loads in dishwasher
Run full loads in washing machine
Fill sink with hot water don’t let it run
Share baths
Switch microwave off at the wall
Use switch strips to quickly switch gadgets off at wall all in one go
Don’t block radiators
Don’t dry washing on radiators – blocks heat
Wash at 30 degrees when can
Fix window latches to keep draughts out
Wear bed socks
Switch to energy saving light bulbs
Have a bake day so not switching oven on for just one thing
Turn oven off 10 minutes before food done
Don’t open front door until all ready to leave
Bleed radiators regularly
Time heating to go off before bedtime
Wrap yourself in a cosy blanket to watch TV
Snuggle up with a hot water bottle
Have boiler serviced regularly
Turn off radiators in rooms not using
Dust the condenser coil at back of fridge
Open curtains wide on sunny days in winter
Unplug unconnected chargers
Towel dry hair
Use steamer with sections so can cook more than one veg in same pan
Bone up one one pot meals

Just pick 5 or 10 tips to get started.

Get the whole family involved – especially the kids because they are so fabulously eagle eyed and draconian at spotting grown up failings – and every week, as you turn these tiny energy saving tips into super powered energy saving habits add some more in.

And then as you start saving money think about a few small eco friendly, energy saving tips to invest in to snowball your savings faster and faster.

10 Eco Friendly Energy Saving Tips To Invest In

Wind turbines, solar panels and the like can cut energy bills and our carbon footprint but big energy saving, eco friendly changes to the design and sustainability of our homes are way too expensive for must of us as a way to snowball energy saving :

Small wind turbines are £1,000 to £3,000.
And solar panel installations £5,000+

These are none starters for most of us and it’s not clear the economics add up. But the good news is there are small, frugal energy saving, eco friendly changes we can afford.

Here are just a few pretty frugal ideas to get your snowball rolling …