Overview
- Guidance includes leaving the oven door open after cooking to let residual heat warm the kitchen, with a caution to keep children and pets away.
- Households are advised to close curtains before dark and consider thermal or insulated curtains to limit heat loss.
- British Gas engineer Jessica Rawstron urges checks for gaps around windows and doors and highlights thin insulation as a common source of heat loss.
- The firm recommends setting main-room thermostats between 18C and 21C and using timers to avoid unnecessary heating.
- Support for people in energy debt is signposted to Citizens Advice, StepChange Debt Charity and the British Gas Energy Trust.