Free energy advice surgery to help cut your bills

If you want to know more about how you can easily save money in your home, then come along to the energy advice surgery in Bath on Wednesday, 7 March.

The Bristol & Somerset Energy Efficiency Advice Centre is holding the surgery, in partnership with Bath & North East Somerset Council, between 10am and 4pm, on Union Street (outside Currys) in Bath City Centre.

Householders will be offered free and impartial advice on how to reduce their fuel bills and stay warm in their homes – and help the environment at the same time.

Event organiser Lucy Hellier explained that expert advisors will provide people with impartial advice on the most cost effective energy saving measures, including information on grants and discounts.

Also present at the advice surgery will be experts on the energy efficiency section of the government’s Home Information Packs - the Energy Performance Certificate. Home Information Packs are compulsory from 1 June 2007 but are currently being trialled in Bath. The Energy Performance Certificate will give all homes on sale an energy efficiency and CO2 rating, similar to the ratings already found on fridges and boilers.

So, if you are thinking of selling your home in the near future, get ahead of the game and come and speak to an expert.

As well as receiving advice, everyone who attends the surgery will receive an energy-saving light bulb, which could reduce an electricity bill by £9 a year. If you cannot make it on the day, please call the advice team free on 0800 512 012.