I te pikinga o te utu o te oranga, kāore he wā pai ake i mua hei whakaiti i ō pire hiko, hei atawhai hoki i te ao. Kua kohikohia e mātou ētahi tohutohu hei āwhina i a koe me tō whānau ki te whakaiti i te whakamahinga hiko i roto i ngā rūma katoa o tō whare.

1. Te whakamahana whare – me te whakamahi i te iti o te pūngao

Neke atu i te haurua o ā tātou pire hiko e pau ana ki te whakamahana me te wai wera. He mea nui kia tirohia ā tātou tikanga whakamahana kāinga, kia kite ai mēnā he iti ngā huringa ka taea e tātou te mahi hei whakaiti i ā tātou pire whakamahana.

• Whakaitihia tō whakamahana.Mā te kotahi nekehanga iti iho ka taea e koe te penapena i te £80 i te tau. Whakatakotoria he taima i runga i tō whakamahana kia mura ai tō whakamahana ina hiahiatia anake.
• Kaua e whakamahana i ngā rūma takoto kauMā ngā whakamahana whakamahana takitahi ka taea e koe te whakarite i te pāmahana o ia rūma.
• Puritia kia kati ngā tatau i waenganui i ngā rūma e tata ana. Mā tēnei, ka āraia te wera kei puta.
• Whakahaerehia tō whakamahana mō te iti iho i te haora i ia rā.Ahakoa te iti o te pūngao e whakamahia ana i ia rā, ka nui ake ngā penapena i te roanga o te wā.
• Whakakorehia ō radiatorsKa taea e te hau kua mau te whakaiti i te pai o ō whakamahana, nō reira ka puhoi ake te whakamahana. Ki te mea kei te māia koe ki te mahi i tēnei, pānuihia tā mātou aratohu mō te whakaheke toto i ō whakamahana.
• Whakaitihia te pāmahana rere whakamahana. Tērā pea kua whakatakotoria te pāmahana rere o tō poiha combi ki te 80 nekehanga, engari ko ngā pāmahana iti iho i te 60 nekehanga ehara i te mea e ranea ana hei whakamahana i tō whare ki te taumata kotahi engari ka whakapai ake i te whai huatanga o tō poiha combi. Kāore tēnei e pai mō ngā pūnaha katoa, nō reira tirohia atu i roto i tā mātou tuhinga pāmahana rere.
• Puritia te wera ki roto.Mā te kati noa i ō arai i te ahiahi ka taea te aukati i te ngaronga wera tae atu ki te 17%. Me whakarite kia kaua e taupokina ngā whakamahana e ō arai.

2. Ngā tohutohu penapena hiko mō te whare katoa

Hokohoko ki ngā taputapu kounga-AMena kei te rapu koe i ngā taputapu hiko hou mō te kāinga, kia tirohia te whakatauranga hiko. Ko te pai ake o te whakatauranga, ko te pai ake o te mahi a te taputapu, nō reira, ko te nui ake o tāu penapena mō te wā roa.

3. Kīhini – whakaitihia te whakamahinga o te pūngao me te wai ahakoa e tunu kai ana, e horoi ana rānei i te kai

• Whakamutua te huka.Whakarewahia te huka o tō pouaka tio i ia wā, i ia wā, kia kore ai e nui ake te hiko e whakamahia ana i te mea e hiahiatia ana.
• Horoia te taha muri o tō pouaka whakamātao me te pouaka tioKa taea e ngā koiri whakamatao puehu (e whakamahia ana hei whakamatao me te whakamatao) te hopu i te hau me te whakaputa wera - ehara i te mea e hiahiatia ana e koe mō tō pouaka whakamātao. Puritia kia ma, ā, ka noho mātao tonu, ka iti ake te hiko e whakamahia ana.
• Whakamahia ngā paraharaha iti ake.Ka iti ake te wera e hiahiatia ana e koe, ka iti ake te wera e hiahiatia ana. Mā te whakamahi i te rahi tika o te paraharaha mō tāu kai ka iti ake te pūngao e moumouhia.
• Kia mau tonu ngā taupoki o te paraharahaKa tere ake te wera o tō kai.
• Whakakīia te mīhini horoi rihi i mua i ia huringaKia tino kī tonu tō mīhini horoi rihi, ā, kia taurite hoki ki te tautuhinga ōhanga. Hei tāpiri, mā te whakaiti i te huringa horoi kotahi i te wiki ka taea e koe te penapena i te £14 i te tau.
• Kohuatia noa te wai e hiahiatia anaKa moumou te wai, te moni me te wā ki te whakakī rawa i te kohua. Engari, kohuatia noa te wai e hiahiatia ana.
• Whakakīia tō peihana horoi kakahu.Mena kei te horoi ringa koe i ngā mea inu, ka taea e koe te penapena £25 i te tau mā te whakakī i te peihana, kaua e tuku i te puna wera kia rere.

4. Kaukau – whakaitihia ō pire wai me te hiko

I mōhio koe e 12% o te pire hiko o tētahi whare whakamahana hau noa i ahu mai i te whakamahana i te wai mō ngā kaukau, ngā kaukau me te wai mai i te puna wera? [Puna Energy Savings Trust 02/02/2022]

Anei ētahi huarahi tere hei penapena wai me te moni i runga i ō pire hiko

• Whakaarohia he mita wai.I runga i te kaiwhakarato wai me te whakamahinga wai, ka taea e koe te penapena moni mā te whakamahi i te mita wai. Kimihia ko wai te kaiwhakarato wai, ka whakapā atu ki a rātou mō ētahi atu kōrero.

5. Rama kāinga me ngā hikohiko – pupuri kia mura tonu ngā rama mō te utu iti

• Hurihia ō pūangi rama.He huarahi pai te tāuta i ngā pūangi LED hei whakaiti i te whakamahinga hiko i te kāinga. E ai ki te whakatau tata a Energy Saving Trust, e £100 te utu toharite mō te whakakapi i ana pūangi katoa, engari e £35 te iti iho i te tau mō te hiko.
• Whakawetohia ngā rama. Ia wā ka wehe atu koe i tētahi rūma, whakawetohia ngā rama. Mā tēnei ka taea e koe te penapena i te £14 i te tau.

6. Tirohia mēnā ko tō utu hiko te mea pai rawa atu māu

Mā te arotake i tō utu hiko i ia wā ka taea hoki te penapena moni māu. Mena kāore anō koe kia rite ki te whakawhiti i tō utu hiko nā te nui o ngā utu hiko, waiho mai tō wāhitau īmēra, ā, mā mātou koe e whakamōhio atu ina heke ngā utu.

7. Ka taea e te mita atamai te āwhina i a koe ki te penapena

He mea nui inaianei, nui atu i ngā wā katoa, kia mau tonu te mana whakahaere i tō pūngao. Mā te mita atamai, ka taea e koe te aroturuki i tō whakamahinga pūngao me te kite i ngā wāhi ka taea e koe te penapena kia taea ai e koe te whakaiti i ō pire me tō tapuwae waro.

Ko ngā painga atamai ko:

• Whakapai ake i tō mita, kāore he utu tāpiri
• Kei a koe te mana whakahaere – ka taea e koe te kite i te utu o tō pūngao
• Whiwhi pire tika ake
• Whiwhi i tētahi whakamārama whaiaro ake mō tō whakamahinga pūngao mā te Energy Hub(1)
• Mena kei te whakamahi koe i ngā kāri, i ngā kī rānei, ka taea e koe te tāpiri moni ipurangi

8. Ētahi atu huarahi hei whakaiti i te pūngao i te kāinga

He maha ngā huarahi hei āwhina i tō pēke moni me te ao mā te aro nui ki te pūngao. He maha atu anō ngā huarahi hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakaiti i te pūngao i te kāinga, me te whakaora i te ao i te wā kotahi. Tikina ētahi atu tohutohu mō te whakamahi pūngao i roto i tā mātou blog Energywise.