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Your boiler isn’t yours — your bill is.
Three things every renter in London can do this week without buying anything, without asking the landlord, and without losing a single degree of comfort.
Deliverable 06 · Open-access post-event toolkit
Everything from the three days. Free. Forever.
The Renters’ Cool Down zine, a quick energy calculator and four corporate pledge templates. Use, fork, print, share.
Printed zine · also free PDF
The Renters’ Cool Down.
8 pages · A6 saddle-stitched · printed on uncoated 100% recycled stock by a B-Corp printer in Bermondsey. Free at the venue; open the PDF below.
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Bleed your radiators. Yes, really.
Trapped air = cold tops, hot bottoms = boiler working overtime. Five minutes, one key, £80–£120 saved over a winter. No landlord permission required.
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The 19°C question.
WHO recommends 19°C in living rooms, 18°C in bedrooms. Every degree above 21°C adds about 10% to your heating bill — and nothing to your comfort if you’re wearing a jumper.
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Schedules beat thermostats.
A simple plug-in timer (£8 at any hardware shop) cuts more emissions than the smartest thermostat you forget to programme. Heat the rooms you’re in, when you’re in them.
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Your tenancy rights.
Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requires your landlord to keep heating in working order. Cold flat ≠ tenant problem. Template letter on page 06.
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Template: ‘My flat is below 18°C.’
Dear [landlord], the temperature in my main living room has been measured at [X]°C on [dates] using a [device]. UKHSA guidance identifies 18°C as the minimum safe threshold. I am formally requesting…
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Permission to fit a smart TRV.
Template asking your landlord for permission to fit a radiator-mounted thermostat (no boiler modification, fully reversible). Most landlords say yes when it’s framed as ‘I’ll pay; you keep it.’
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The £1,500 calculation, in one page.
Average London shared flat (2 bed, 2 occupants, gas heating, average insulation): 21°C all winter = £1,820. Same flat at 19°C with schedules = £320 less. Add bleeding, draught strips and one smart TRV: £1,500 cheaper per year.