| Reducing Your Electricity Usage |
Heating and cooling – set your heating down 1ºC and your cooling up 1ºC. Every extra degree of heating and cooling can increase your running costs by 10% to 15%. Lighting – always turn off the lights at night. Wherever possible, replace incandescent lights with compact fluorescent lights. Did you know energy efficient lights consume up to 80% less energy than incandescent lights, and last up to ten times longer? Computers – switch off computer monitors at night. Did you know turning off your monitor can reduce its power consumption by as much as 80%? Monitors – consider replacing your old monitors with energy saving flat screens. Did you know that an LCD flat screen uses roughly half the amount of electricity as an older CRT, box-shaped monitor? Photocopiers, printers and fax machines – consider purchasing one machine that photocopies, faxes, scans and prints. Did you know photocopiers, fax machines and printers can be left inactive 95% of the time?Equipment – turn equipment off at the powerpoint once you’ve finished for the day. Did you know keeping machines on standby can account for 40%-89% of the total energy usage for computer equipment? |
