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Win a 4-hour consultation on the energy efficiency of your home from Virtual Energy
Another Energy Saving Week has been and gone and we hope you've picked up lots of new tips, facts and information on how best to take control of your energy bills. Throughout the week we've been running a quiz on our Facebook page to challenge your energy efficicency assumptions and find out how much we really know about cutting our consumption.
We've gathered them together for you here. All you need to do to enter and be in with a chance to win a Virtual Energy home audit - which could save you hundreds of pounds a year on your energy bills - is fill in the form, selecting the palindrome that you think corresponds to the correct answers.
1) What percentage of UK emissions come from the home?
A) 15%
B) 26%
C) 33%
D) 48%
2)What proportion of the average home's electricity consumption occurs in the kitchen?
A) A quarter
B) A fifth
C) A third
3) T for true for F for false?
The biggest source of heat loss from an un-insulated house is through the windows.
Dishwashers use less water than washing up by hand.
If your home was built after 1991 and you have cavity walls, the cavity will already be filled.
4) If you have no insulation in your loft, what would be the yearly saving if you were to insulate it?
A) £30
B) £80
C) £175
D) £325
5) For every minute the fridge door is open, how many minutes does it take to cool down?
A) 1 minutes
B) 3 minutes
C) 5 minutes
When you think you know the answers enter for your chance to win a 4-hour consultancy on the energy efficiency of your home from Virtual Energy.