October 21, 2008 at 4:08 pm

Stop wasting energy and enjoy greener sleeps

Update:We’re currently reviewing all entries for the Green competition on Answers. We’ll announce the winner soon.

Thanks,

— Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team

To celebrate National Energy Saving Week, Yahoo! Answers has teamed up with Yahoo! Green and Warren Evans to turn your home green.

We’re giving away one double Sunday bed and a Grand mattress (see below) in exchange of some green knowledge…

Energy Saving Week is the perfect occasion to reflect on how vital everyone’s input is in the fight against climate change. It put the spotlight on saving energy and also give us tips we can all easily adopt.

Here on Answers, we have a lots of great questions and answers that will help you kick start your energy saving plan not to mention it’ll let you work towards saving
some money too.

So, do you know?

Now it’s your turn to tell us what you think we can all do this winter to increase our energy savings at home. If you get the Best Answer, you win a lovely warm double bed and mattress.

Yahoo! Green asks: “Now that autumn is getting a little colder, how do you plan to keep warm without wasting too much energy?”

How do I enter the competition?

1. Answer the Yahoo! Green question on Answers

2. If you want to illustrate your answer and increase your chance of winning, load a photo to the Yahoo! Green UK group on flickr and include the link in your answer.

3. Wait and relax – we’ll be contacting the winner on Monday 10th November.

Good luck to all!

Full terms and conditions are here.

Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team
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  1. hey this is a really good idea, i know a bit about energy saving and i could use a nice big bed looks comfy!

    Comment posted on October 22nd, 2008 at 3:17 pm by Paul Jarvis

  2. Awesome! I’ve just signed up to http://www.file-factory.co.uk/earth4energy.php (Earth 4 Energy), i suggest you all have a look, it is absolutely excellent.

    Comment posted on October 24th, 2008 at 3:07 pm by David Hope

  3. Hi everyone on, I will join on Halloween!

    Comment posted on October 25th, 2008 at 4:40 am by Maggi Stewert

  4. To keep warm this winter turn your heating to frost setting so your pipes don’t freeze and then go and spend your evening around a friends house who can afford to heat their house or go and sit in a pub and make a drink last all evening its simple!

    Comment posted on October 25th, 2008 at 10:08 am by fallguyrider

  5. Great idea!

    That bed looks perfect for my heated underblanket! that’s how i keep warm at night! Much cheaper and cosier then keeping the heating on.

    Comment posted on October 26th, 2008 at 9:49 pm by Daniel

  6. Living as I do on my own, I find it cheaper to buy shirts and underwear clean and fresh from charity shops and do away with washing, and the aggravation of hanging it out to dry and then ironing it all. This gives me more time for Q&As. I also use a sponge instead of toilet paper, although I keep toilet rolls for visitors who are few and far between.

    Comment posted on October 28th, 2008 at 9:46 am by j brown

  7. I have just removed all the low energy bulbs from my home,after it was found they had very high U.V content.
    As someone who has genetic melanoma,that is dang scary,so back to my old fashioned bulbs.

    I think the save energy stuff is just another way of governments forcing us to pay for the low energy stuff that wont help,has anyone ever thought the changes in the planet are purely natural?.

    Comment posted on October 28th, 2008 at 1:28 pm by Ann123

  8. make a duvet sandwich , on the bed , one to lie on, one over you,warm as toast// get a sleeping bag and sit in it when you read ,tv or radio//

    Comment posted on October 29th, 2008 at 5:16 pm by Johnstone

  9. I switch the rad’s in the room’s i am not useing, we share bath’s, only put water in kettle for the number of cup’s we need, switch thing off stand by including microwave.

    Comment posted on October 31st, 2008 at 6:05 pm by heather

  10. I save energy by switching the electric oven to half, then off completely around 10 mins towards the end of cooking. The same with electric hobs. I also use the bare minimum amount of water to cook vegetables.

    I also use energy saving light bulbs. The problem is that when they reach the end of their life, they go pop! It can be a bit scary especially during movies about haunted houses, when I had an energy saving bulb go this way.

    Comment posted on November 9th, 2008 at 6:38 am by Tim

  11. Thanks for the great blog post, I look forward to reading more from yo in the future.

    Comment posted on August 31st, 2011 at 9:52 am by ted

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