[INSIGHTS REPORT] Over Half of Parents with Smart Meters Haven’t Yet Seen the Benefit

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We ran a two week insights project asking parents different questions about home energy.

We were curious about what matters to parents when it comes to using energy in the home, choosing energy providers, managing energy use and more.

Read on to get some of those Insights into Parents and Home Energy and to download our free mini highlights report. 

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What You’ll Find in Our Highlights Report on Parents and Home Energy

To gather these insights we ran an online survey on Mykidstime.com in August 2022 with 275 responses from parents and an in-depth insights panel carried out on our ParentsandBrands private platform, also in August 2022 with 36 panel participants.

What We Asked Parents About Home Energy

Here’s a peek at of some of the key questions we asked parents about energy in the home:

  • What energy source do you use for cooking?
  • Did you switch energy suppliers regularly in the past?
  • Apart from lowering the unit cost for energy, what else do you think energy suppliers could do to attract new customers and/or to help families with their energy use at the moment?
  • Do you use any other smart technology for your home energy usage?

A Selection of the Feedback from Parents About Home Energy

Switching Energy Suppliers Bite-Sized Insights from Parents

I’m worried about being worse off tariff wise, having to pay more in a short space of time due to paying both companies whilst switching or the company going bust.”

“We are starting to change our behaviour big time ensuring no waste, all lights turned off now when not in use and all the family are doing it now and unplugging electrical items not in use as well.

“I think we could all try to use less energy we are all guilty of leaving things plugged in when not needed or not switching lights off we all need to be more aware.”

Download the Highlights Report for Actionable Insights

insights on home energy from parents

For a snapshot of insights from parents on Home Energy with some highlights of what they were telling us and recommendations for energy brands, download our free mini highlights report below on Parents and Home Energy. 

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Insights from Parents About Home Energy

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This free version of the report contains just a few quick highlights.

If you’re interested in viewing the full, in-depth version of the Parents and Home Energy Report, including full appendices of verbatim responses from our survey and panel participants, this report is available to buy

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