Switch off lights when a room is not in use
Leaving your lights on when no one is in the room is a huge waste of energy and money.
This is probably the easiest switch you can make. Rather than leaving a light on when you exit a room, simply switch it off. It couldn’t be easier!
The less time you spend with the lights on, the more energy you save. A normal bulb will use 60 watts of energy an hour, meaning that you could conserve nearly 22,000 watts of energy per year by just switching off one bulb for one hour every day. That’s enough energy to power one months worth of evening TV viewing!
Also try to consider how many lights you need on, or if you need one on at all. Is a lamp really necessary in a sunlit room? Do you need three separate sources of light in your kitchen?
By making small changes like this you’ll soon be saving energy and money.
makes you think...
In most homes lighting accounts for 10 - 15 per cent of the electricity bill.
An average household could save as much as £25 per year just by switching off any unused lights around the home.
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