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- Use a lid whenever possible to
minimise heat loss.
- Select a smaller pan when cooking
small quantities. A smaller pan uses
less energy than a larger pan with
very little in it.
- Cook with as little water as possible.
- Once food has come to the boil or
the oil in the pan is hot enough for
frying, reduce the heat to a lower
setting.
- Use a pressure cooker to reduce
cooking times.
- It is important to ensure that the
kitchen is well ventilated during
operation. In extraction mode if there
is insufficient air flow, the cooker
hood cannot operate efficiently and
this causes increased operating noise
levels.
- Always cook with the lowest possible
setting. This produces fewer cooking
vapours, so you can use a lower
power level and therefore benefit
from reduced energy consumption.
- Check the power level on the cooker
hood. A low power level is usually
sufficient. Only use the Booster
setting when necessary.
- When a large volume of cooking
vapours are being produced, switch
to a high power level in good time.
This is more efficient than operating
the cooker hood for longer to try to
capture cooking vapours which have
already been distributed throughout
the kitchen.
- Switch the cooker hood off after
cooking.
Tips on saving energy
- Clean or replace the filters at regular
intervals. Heavily soiled filters reduce
performance, increase the risk of fire
and are unhygienic.
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