Here are some simple tips to help you reduce your energy use when cooking or making your morning coffee or tea:
![Boil only as much water as you need in the kettle](https://www.codema.ie/images/uploads/common/Cooking-34.jpg)
Boil only as much water as you need in the kettle
when making your morning coffee or tea
when making your morning coffee or tea read less
![Boil the water in your kettle before using it for cooking](https://www.codema.ie/images/uploads/common/Cooking-35.jpg)
Boil the water in your kettle before using it for cooking
This will speed up cooking time
This will speed up cooking time read less
![Don’t open the oven door too often when cooking](https://www.codema.ie/images/uploads/common/Cooking-36.jpg)
Don’t open the oven door too often when cooking
By opening the oven door too often you can lose 20% of the accumulated heat
By opening the oven door too often you can lose 20% of the accumulated heat read less
![Cook meals together](https://www.codema.ie/images/uploads/common/Cooking-37.jpg)
Cook meals together
Aim at cooking everything at once (e.g. apple pie and lasagne). Remember that you can cook at a higher temperature at the top of the oven, and at the same time
Aim at cooking everything at once (e.g. apple pie and lasagne). Remember that you can cook at a higher temperature at the top of the oven, and at the same time read less
![Make use of residual heat from your oven](https://www.codema.ie/images/uploads/common/Cooking-38.jpg)
Make use of residual heat from your oven
Turn off the oven for the last 10min of cooking time or simply leave the oven door open to heat your room
Turn off the oven for the last 10min of cooking time or simply leave the oven door open to heat your room read less
![Use lids on pots and pans while cooking](https://www.codema.ie/images/uploads/common/Cooking-39.jpg)
Use lids on pots and pans while cooking
This will speed up cooking time and save energy
This will speed up cooking time and save energy read less
![Use pots and pans that cover the whole of the size of the cooker ring](https://www.codema.ie/images/uploads/common/Cooking-40.jpg)
Use pots and pans that cover the whole of the size of the cooker ring
At a certain time of cooking, turn off the rings and use their residual heat to finish cooking
At a certain time of cooking, turn off the rings and use their residual heat to finish cooking read less
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