Some small pieces of information that may shock you or serve as a reminder to help you save energy and money!
The average household could save around two tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year by making their home energy efficient. 1
Lighting an office overnight wastes enough energy to heat water for 1000 cups of tea. 2
A photocopier left on overnight uses enough energy to produce over 1500 copies. 3
Leaving a PC monitor on all night wastes enough energy to microwave six dinners. 4
Switching off non-essential equipment in an office overnight saves enough energy to run a small car for 100 miles. 5
A typical window left open overnight in winter will waste enough energy to drive a small car over 35 miles. 6
The UK with 1% of the world's population produces 2.3% of the world's C02. 7
German utility company RWE owns power stations in the UK and produces more C02 in a year than the whole of Spain. 8
The UK has, in the form of wind power, the largest renewable energy resource in Europe. 9
If every home in the UK replaced a 100W light bulb with a 20W low-energy bulb, the amount of energy saved would be the same as that produced by the Sizewell B power station! 10
In most homes, lighting accounts for 10 – 15% of the electricity bill. 11
UK households use £1.2 billion worth of electricity every year on lighting. 12
Electricity consumption by domestic lights and appliances has nearly doubled since 1970 and it is set to increase by 12% to 2010. 13
If every house used 2 energy-saving bulbs in 2 of the four most used lights we would save enough energy to power all the street lighting in the UK. 14
Sources:
1 to 6 - The Carbon Trust
7 to 9 - Friends of the Earth
10 - Defra
11 to 14 - The Energy Saving Trust
