Saving energy at home

How can I reduce my energy consumption? Tips, investments and potential savings at a glance.

Energy cost explosion
Power guzzler
Heating costs
Smart Home
Extra tips

Popular brands

Exploding energy costs

The curve for electricity and gas prices has been rising continuously since the beginning of the year. Nevertheless, as a consumer you have the opportunity to avoid unnecessary costs with little effort and little investment.

The potential for saving energy can be found in every household, regardless of size. In addition, every kilowatt hour saved improves the personal CO2 balance and contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Find permanent power guzzlers

In order to reduce energy consumption at home, a good approach would be to find the cause of the increased electricity bill. However, this is not so easy, as the supplier usually only provides a bill with the annual consumption. So if you want to know where the supposed wasters are in your household, you have to measure them yourself.

However, it is not usually worth replacing a flawless power guzzler with more economical equipment. Instead, it is best to disconnect appliances with a high standby consumption from the power supply using switchable intermediate sockets or power strips.

A new medium-sized refrigerator with a very good energy efficiency rating consumes around 90 to 125 kWh per year. The electric stove in a three-person household requires around 445 kWh of electricity per year, the washing machine 200 kWh. Entertainment technology such as a TV requires 445 kWh and a computer 90 kWh.

Actual household electricity consumption can vary significantly depending on how often you use the appliances in question. However, as the proportion of electronic household appliances increases year on year, the electricity bill will probably continue to rise.

Save energy

However, electricity is not the only source of energy in the household. More than two thirds of final energy consumption is caused by heating.

Smart radiator thermostats help to reduce heating costs. They ensure heating comfort at all times and are more economical than conventional thermostats. Installation is also a breeze.

In addition to radiator thermostats, room thermostats also help to save energy. These also have various programmable feel-good modes, such as automatically turning up the heating when you get up in the morning.

Once the smart radiator thermostat has been installed, you no longer need to touch the radiator itself. Depending on the product, you can then control the heating via WLAN or Bluetooth. You don't need to be an IT expert to install it either; you don't even need to drain the heating water or intervene in the heating system.

What's more, sustainability and energy savings often go hand in hand: they can prevent around 30 percent of the usual heating costs and reduce CO2 emissions by an average of 430 kg per year.

Not to forget:

Your savings potential depends entirely on your awareness. If you don't turn off the heating at night when the windows are open, the less you can save on your wallet. Smart radiator thermostats detect heat loss and turn up the heating to counteract the incoming cold.

The Sygonix T1 window contact helps you to avoid this danger. It detects open doors and windows and automatically turns down the heating. With a radio range of 80 m in the open field, it can be used flexibly.

Reduce cleverly

If you want to save energy conveniently, you can use smart end devices. Smart home includes all technical aids, such as sensors or cameras, that ensure greater convenience, security and efficiency.

Lighting accounts for around 12 percent of your private electricity bill. Switching from incandescent and halogen lamps to energy-saving LED lamps can save up to 80 percent of electricity costs.

Programmable timers or motion detectors help to switch the light on and off automatically as required. This is a great advantage, especially for festive lighting on the patio.

Electricity consumption in private households in Germany fell by 10.5 percent in 2019 compared to 2010. The technological changes of recent years finally seem to be making themselves felt.

High-quality LED light sources can easily achieve 20,000 hours of operation, incandescent lamps barely 1,000 hours and still cost more than twice as much. Technical progress is particularly evident here.

However, before resorting to smart aids, you should question your own needs. The savings potential decreases the fewer technical devices or light sources are used in the home.

Reduce electricity costs now

Cost effective and environmentally friendly

Further energy-saving potential

Every kilowatt hour saves around 32 cents: You can also avoid unnecessary electricity costs in the office by switching off the PC after 30 minutes of idle time at the latest. This can be easily set under "Energy saving plan" in Windows. Above all, however, you should disconnect older devices such as docking stations from the power supply, as these often require more power. The best solution here would be a switchable adapter socket.

Televisions are the biggest power consumers when it comes to consumer electronics. Even a high-end gaming PC consumes less power in energy-saving mode than the TV with all its AV receivers and speakers. Therefore, the best way to save electricity is to stream on the smallest possible devices and sell the old TV when buying a new one. You can also use energy cost devices to measure whether a new purchase is worthwhile.

Do not turn the heating thermostat up fully in winter - this will not make it warmer any faster, it will just heat for longer. Lowering the temperature by just one degree Celsius also has a positive effect on your heating bill as well as on the environment in the long term. In general, it can be said that the feel-good temperature in the home is around 20 degrees Celsius. Smart heating and room thermostats help you not to exceed or fall below this value.