Stop Throwing Money Out Of The Window

Stop Throwing Money Out Of The Window

A new survey has found that a lower heating bill is the second most wanted saving on household expenditure in 2015, just after cheaper food bills.

The top three savings British households think would benefit their expenditure in 2015 are:

Lower food bills (46%)

Lower heating bills (41%)

Lower electricity bills (29%)

The survey was carried out by the team who produce the UK’s fastest selling energy saving blinds Duette® as part of a new initiative to encourage UK households to stop throwing money out of the window.

The issue

A staggering 50% of domestic heat is lost through windows¹. This fact is reinforced by thermal imaging on houses² that clearly shows not only the frames and sills around windows allowing heat to seep out of homes but that panes of glass – even those that are double glazed – are massive energy holes.

The solution

Duette® is a range of blinds for the home that save energy and start paying for themselves as soon as they are fitted. Duette® blinds have been proven to reduce heat loss by up to 46% when fitted in a domestic window.³

The savings

According to new research, Duette® energy saving blinds can slash annual heating costs by up to 25%. With the average heating bill now hovering around £597 per year⁴, this could mean a significant amount of money back into people’s pocket every year! Made-to-measure Duette® blinds fitted cost from around £150.

Try It

Consumers can even work out how much energy they could save with Duette® blinds in their own homes by using an online energy saving calculator: http://www.duette.co.uk/energysaver/

How it works

The result of 20 years product development and innovative design, Duette® blinds insulate windows using a honeycomb structure and special fabric. The blackout version offers the most insulation and there are semi translucent and translucent variations.

Prices start from around £150 for a H60cmxW40cm blind. To find out more about Duette® blinds visit www.duette.co.uk

-ENDS-

Note to editors

The survey of 2000 UK homeowners (using an email poll methodology) asked:

What saving do you think would most benefit your household budget?

1. Food bill

2. Heating bill

3. Electricity bill

4. Telephone and connectivity bill

5. Council Tax

6. Cars and fuel

7. Mobile Phones

8. TV and broadband

9. Eating out and socialising

10. 0% credit cards

1. Energy Saving Trust

2. Thermal Imaging www.alamy.com

3. Duette® has been tested by Milieu Central (Netherlands) and the Fraunhofer Institut (Germany) with results based on the product’s UV values http://www.fraunhofer.de/en.html

4. www.uswitch.co.uk Jan 2013 – Average energy bill calculated £1352 annually, 44% of this attributed to heating.

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