| Energy efficiency is using less energy while receiving | | | | come from the energy we use every day. |
| the same level of energy service. An example would | | | | Things like poor insulation, leaving lights on in |
| be insulating your home to use less heating and | | | | unoccupied rooms or overfilling the kettle all waste |
| cooling energy to achieve the same temperature, or | | | | energy and result in needless CO2 emissions. |
| installing an energy-saving device to economise on | | | | However, it is encouraging to learn that thousands of |
| your gas usage. Installing fluorescent lights and/ or | | | | households are changing the way they do things and |
| skylights instead of incandescent lights would also be | | | | are thinking - and demonstrating - energy efficiency. |
| an example of energy saving. | | | | For example:o Turning off the lights when leaving a |
| By making use of more energy efficient technology | | | | room, installing energy efficient condensing boilers and |
| or processes rather than by changes in individual | | | | insulating their homes.o Between 2002 and 2005 a |
| behaviour, it is easy to achieve efficient energy use. | | | | massive 1.1 million households installed or topped up |
| In response to the global call to save energy, the | | | | their loft insulation. It is estimated that £87 |
| trend towards designing energy efficient buildings, | | | | million a year in energy costs will be saved as a result |
| industrial processes and transportation have drastically | | | | of this. |
| increased in order to reduce energy consumption. | | | | What is evident is that by each of us making a small |
| This in turn plays a major part in reducing global | | | | contribution, we can all make a difference. Whether it |
| emissions of greenhouse gases in a bid to protect | | | | is replacing incandescent bulbs with energy-saving |
| and save the planet. | | | | bulbs, or installing a 'green box' to the heating/ hot |
| According to the Energy Saving Trust - a non-profit | | | | water system to lower utility bills and reduce energy |
| organisation funded by the UK government, devolved | | | | consumption, you can definitely make a difference ... |
| governments and the private sector - over 40% of | | | | and save money at the same time! |
| the UK's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions actually | | | | |