Top 10 eco upgrades based on the new energy price cap

As energy bills rise, we are more resolved to resist the siren call of the central heating switch. The good news, both for us and the environment, is that energy-saving measures from draught exclusion to solar panels make more financial sense now than ever.

Under the prime minister Liz Truss’s new energy price freeze, the typical household bill rose this weekend to £2,500 a year. That’s about £1,000 less than what you would have paid without the guarantee, but it is still almost double last winter’s cap.

People were already worried when the cap rose 54 per cent in April, says Joanna O’Loan of the Energy Saving Trust (EST). “But we haven’t been through a winter yet . . . The argument for reducing heat