{"id":17835,"date":"2021-07-16T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/?post_type=change&#038;p=17835"},"modified":"2021-07-16T17:06:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T07:06:20","slug":"change39-rug-up","status":"publish","type":"change","link":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/change\/change39-rug-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Rug&nbsp;up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Warming a room from the ground up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looking to keep warm without having to blast the heater for 6 hours every night? Try adding an extra layer of insulation to your flooring, with a rug. More than just a pretty fleece, rugs are an energy efficient way to keep your room cosy this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple things to look out for when choosing a rug to keep you warm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Material &#8211; If you\u2019re looking purely for warmth, a thick wool rug is definitely the way to go. If you\u2019re looking for something warm, but also easy to maintain and clean, try looking into good-quality cotton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Thickness &#8211; As with any insulation, the thicker the better. The thicker the rug, the further the distance between your feet and the cold floor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Size &#8211; Obviously the larger the surface area, the better it will insulate. But if the rug you love doesn\u2019t come in a bigger size, you can also arrange a collection of smaller rugs throughout the main footpaths of your home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want more energy-efficient tips to help keep your heater off?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to keep toasty without blasting your heater for six hours a night? A rug may be the answer you&#8217;re looking&nbsp;for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17849,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-17835","change","type-change","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-energy-efficiency"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/change\/17835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/change"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/change"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/change\/17835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}