Bathrooms account for around 65% of your households hot water use " so being energy smart in the bathroom is a major way to save energy and money.

• Install an AAA shower head, or fit a flow restricting valve to existing shower heads, to reduce the amount of hot and cold water delivered. Showering usually makes up over 30% of hot water usage in the home. These devices can cut water delivery from the shower in half without affecting shower quality, saving up to $20 per person per year.

• Take a short shower instead of a bath. You could reduce hot water usage and save around $20 per person per year.

• Insulate around your bath during installation. This helps to keep bath water hotter for longer.

• Fix dripping taps. A tap dripping 45 times per minute wastes around 1000 litres of hot water a month, the equivalent of ten bathtubs or over $25 per year! Standard and new maintenance-free tap washers are readily available from your local hardware store.

• Install water saving devices like water saving aerators and flow regulators in your taps.

• Turn off bath-ventilating fans after they've done their job - these fans can blow out a house-full of heated air if inadvertently left on.