Save Energy, Save the planet

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Save Energy, Save the planet

• Cut your home utility bills
• freeing money for other things.
• Reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

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World's Oldest Continuously Burning Light Bulb

• At the Livermore - Pleasanton Fire Department's
  Station is a light bulb. But it's not just any
  light bulb. This light bulb has been burning
  since 1901! It is the longest-burning bulb in the
  world

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Where and how

• Change a Light, Change the World
• We really can "Change the World" with just one
  light bulb. The key is that the more people that
  take this step, the more we can change the world.
  
• Using a electronic bulb, you may save about 15
  euros a year

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Saving money.
Filament bulb.60 W Fluorescent Bulb...15 W Filament bulb.60 W Fluorescent Bulb...15 W Save 45W
Price Kw/h time Time per year
15 cents 6 hours 365
Total 45W 6 hours 1kW/1000W 365days15 cents 1 Euro/100 cents 14.7 euros Total 45W 6 hours 1kW/1000W 365days15 cents 1 Euro/100 cents 14.7 euros Total 45W 6 hours 1kW/1000W 365days15 cents 1 Euro/100 cents 14.7 euros
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Change the Bulb

• ¼

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Fight the Light!

• Don't leave lights on when no one is in the room.
  If you are going to be out of the room for more
  than five minutes, turn off the light.

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Fight the Light!

• Where possible, use compact fluorescent light
  bulbs. Those funny-looking bulbs produce the same
  amount of light by using 1/4 of the electricity.
  Plus, they last for years and years without
  burning out.

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Don't Leave Things Turned On

• Turn off the TV when no one is watching it. The
  same goes for computers, radios and stereos - if
  no one is using it, turn it off..

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It's a Matter of Degrees!

• In warm weather, the thermostat at home should be
  set at 25 degrees.
• When no one is home, set the thermostat at 28
  degrees. That way, you'll reduce the need for air
  conditioning and you will save energy.
• If you have ceiling fans or other fans, turn
  them on. The blowing air can make you feel 5
  degrees cooler, without running the family's air
  conditioner.
• Fans use a lot less electricity than air
  conditioners!

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It's a Matter of Degrees!

• In cold weather, wear warm clothing and have your
  thermostat set to 20 degrees or lower during the
  day and evening.
• When you go to sleep at night, set the
  thermostat back to either 18 degrees, or turn it
  off.
• When you leave home, set the thermostat at 15
  degrees or turn it off, too. That way, your
  family can save from 5 percent to 20 percent on
  your heating costs.

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Co2 Polution

• The Carbon Dioxide behaves like the glass of a
  greenhouse. It allows heat from the sun to enter
  the earth, but it does nor allow it to leave.
• Consequently, it is causing the earth to become
  hotter.
• It is know as the Greenhouse effect

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Co2 Polution

• Do you want to know the quantity of Carbon
  Dioxide produced by an avarage Spanish household
  every year?
• Clink on the next link
• Co2 Produced at home

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In the Kitchen

• Don't keep the refrigerator door open any longer
  than you need to.
• There is a rubber-like seal around the door that
  you can test. Just close the door on a Euro note,
  and then see how easy it is to pull out. If the
  note slides out easily, the door is probably
  leaking cold air from inside.

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In the Kitchen

• If you need to warm up or defrost small amounts
  of food, use a microwave instead of the stove.
• Microwave ovens use around 50 percent less energy
  than conventional ovens do.
• In the summer, using a microwave causes less heat
  in the kitchen, which saves money on air
  conditioning.

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In Shops

• Shops often use a lot of normal light bulbs to
  illuminate their products. They are not energy
  saving light bulbs. Normal light bulbs ( in a
  shop) produce about 10000 w of energy, but only
  1000 w of energy is light. The other 9000 W is
  heat.
• In summer, the shops then have to use more energy
  on air conditioning to remove this extra heat.
• This is terrible for the planet.

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In the Kitchen

• A load of dishes cleaned in a dishwasher uses 37
  percent less water than washing dishes by hand!
  However, if you fill up one side of the sink with
  soapy water and the other side with rinse water -
  and if you don't let the faucet run - you'll use
  half as much water as a dishwasher does. Doing
  the dishes this way can save enough water for a
  five-minute shower!

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Fans don't make the air cooler!

• How fans work? They work by blowing away the
  envelope of warm air that surrounds your body.
• As a living creature, you generate heat. As that
  heat slowly radiates away from your body, it
  creates a pocket of hot air that surrounds you.
  It's like you're being insulated by an invisible
  bubble of heat. What fans do is to push that hot
  surrounding air out of the way.
• This is why blowing on hot food cools it off.
  It's not that your breath is especially cool,
  it's that you're blowing the heat off the food.
• If you're sweating at all then the fan also cools
  you by speeding up the evaporation.
• So now that you know that fans don't make the air
  cooler, you can see that there's no advantage to
  leaving the fan on when you leave the room. Fans
  don't lower the temperature in the room at all.
• By the way, a typical 48" ceiling fan uses about
  75 watts of electricity

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Save Energy in the car

• Is your father/mother an Eco-driver?
• Check it here
• Portal.est.org.uk

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Save your 20

• Make a commitment to save 20 of the energy you
  use at home and
• Save the planet Ckick on
• est.org.uk/commit