Get cosy.
Cut costs.
As the cost of energy continues to rise, there’s no better time to reconsider our home heating behaviours - in the interest of our pockets and our planet.
Wear warm
with Utilita.
Utilita’s ‘Wear Warm’ Campaign is a national movement designed to encourage households who normally have their heating over 21 degrees to ‘get cosy’ instead of ‘getting costly’.
Visit one of the participating charity shops to find a dedicated ‘Wear Warm’ section to get cosy as the weather turns colder.
Wear Warm with your local charity shop.
From 1 November 2021, charity shops across the UK will display a dedicated section of ‘Wear Warm’ items that the nation can save from landfill, whilst going no higher than 21 degrees on our home heating.
Hot house.
Cold house.
Utilita’s own research revealed that 65% of the nation’s homes are heated to above or below the optimum temperature for a healthy home (18-21 degrees). Almost half of the UK’s households are overheating their homes which is creating carbon dioxide unnecessarily - the biggest pollutant impacting climate change (48%).
At the other end of the spectrum, there are households in Britain that have no choice but to choose between heating and eating. We have worked with the fuel poverty charities to help households struggling with energy costs to improve their experience this winter.
Why Wear Warm?
It’s good for your pocket, the planet and your physical and mental health.
Save money on your energy bills.
By wearing the right clothing at home, we can all turn down the thermostat by a couple of notches and save heaps every winter. By turning down the thermostat by 1 degree all year round, we can save up to £80 a year.
Live a happy and healthy life.
“Our bodies perform best when in an environment of 18-21 degrees and clothing made from natural fibres is good for our health.”
Dr Kristy Lau
GP and Consultant Dermatologist
Do right by Mother Earth.
By heating our homes above 21 degrees we are generating carbon dioxide unnecessarily – the main pollutant causing the Earth to overheat.
Why is Utilita
promoting
Wear Warm?
We don’t finger wag about energy waste. We high five every little improvement. We’ve made it our responsibility to help households use less energy, not the other way round.
Waste less. Spend less.
Utilita has challenged the status quo and, out of the UK’s top 10 energy companies, is the only supplier that was created to help households use less energy. Everything we do is about value, not just price. We are pro-pocket, pro-planet.
Save with Smart Score.
Since being founded in 2003, we’ve been innovating ways to help households use and waste less energy. Our Smart Score technology is a free-to-use, energy intelligence tool that gives individual households bespoke ways for them to save up to £228 a year.
Energy High 5
Utilita has also educated 3.8 million homes since January 2020 on five free and easy ways to save up to £163 a year on your energy bills with our Energy High 5 campaign.
Run a charity shop & want to get involved?
Step 1
Sign up to the Wear Warm campaign online and we’ll send you all of the necessary campaign materials in the post.
Step 2
You’ll be invited to display a window sticker to inform your customers that you’re taking part in the campaign, along with campaign point of sale signage to direct them to the ‘Wear Warm’ items in your store.
Printable posters and flyers will also be provided. All signage will be provided, free-of-charge, by Utilita.