What is the average energy bill in the UK?
The average household in the UK spends around £600 a year on gas and £520 a year on electricity. You can find out more about how average energy bills are calculated by visiting this helpful resource. With energy bills soaring and price caps increasing thanks to the energy crisis in the UK, these averages are expected to go up significantly in the next year and many people are looking for the most effective ways to keep themselves within or below these average energy bill prices.

Switching to LED lamps could be the simplest step you take towards this.

How do LED lamps help reduce average energy bills?

If everyone in the UK made a complete switch to LEDs, we could expect to see this average go down. This is because incandescent bulbs are still commonly used throughout UK homes despite evidence showing that LEDs consistently perform better in comparison tests.

Whereas incandescent bulbs use heat to emit light, LED bulbs work in a different way using a semiconductor light source that brightens when current flows through it. This means that LEDs waste less energy through heat than incandescent bulbs, so all the energy that they receive is used for light. This means that fewer watts are needed to make the bulb much brighter than an incandescent bulb, putting less strain on the electrical system in your home.

Therefore, you are using less energy to power the bulb and light the room, thus saving money and lowering your average energy bill.