Today, DECC, Defra and the Energy Saving Trust published their research titled “Powering the Nation”. It is the largest study of its kind that looks at energy consumption habits in the home. The study examined 251 homes in total, with 26 examined throughout the entire year and the remaining 225 monitored for a month at a time on a rolling basis. Although not statistically representative, the study ensured a good representative spread of socio-demographic types. A key finding from the ...