SAVE ENERGy WITH
HOW TO SAVE ENERGY
1. USING LIGHTS LESS EFFICIENT USE OF LIGHTS
2. REPLACING BULBS REPLACING TRADITIONAL LIGHT BULBS
YOU CAN SAVE ENERGY AND MONEY TODAY BY CHANGING THE WAY YOU USE YOUR LIGHTS AND BY FITTING NEW ENERGY-SAVING LIGHTS.
BECAUSE Lighting accounts for 11% of a typical household’s energy bills.
cutting your lighting bill is one of the easiest ways to save energy and money in the home.
DAILY ACTIVITY
AMOUNT OF ENERGY
SPACE HEATING
31%
SPACE COOLING
12%
WATER HEATING
12%
LIGHTING
11%
REFRIGERATION
8%
ELECTRONICS
7%
WASHER, DRYER, DISHWASHER
5%
COOKING
4%
COMPUTERS
1%
OTHER
9%
use light less We all need light to do the things we want to do, but sometimes we leave lights switched on when we don’t need to, or we use more lights than we need. The basic message is simple - turn it off if you don’t need it.
- always turn the lights off when you leave the room.
-USE THE RIGHT LIGHT FOR THE JOB IN HAND
-if you have external lights, then PUT a sensor that turns them on when you approach will make them much cheaper to run.
replacing bulbs
If you replace a traditional light bulb with a compact fluorescent bulb of the same brightness you will typically save around 3 per year, or 50 over the life of the bulb.
HALOGEN LIGHT BULB (CFL) 3.25
88
1
43
7.83
94
7
15
13,47
94
9
15
26.70
95
23
14
COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULB
HALOGEN/FLUORESCENT HYBRID BULB
LED BULB
COST (E) BRIGHTNESS (%) LIFETIME (yr) energy (w)
ENERGY SAVING FIND OUT MORE ABOUT USING LESS ELECTRICITY IN YOUR HOME VISITING WWW.planetsaving.ORG.UK/enrgysaving
SAME AMOUNT OF LIGHT FOR LESS MONEY CHANGE THE WAY YOU USE YOUR LIGHTS AND FIT NEW ENERGY-SAVING LIGHTs for a more efficient lighting
ENERGY SAVING WWW.PLANETSAVING.ORG.UK