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WELCOME Energy Fair or Fair on
Energy September 12 2009
Vincent Carragher
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Town Council
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96-144 Houses (-8)
Organise manage
Master
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Lighting savings works for every room

• In most homes, lighting accounts for 10-15 of
  the electricity bill
• Energy saving lightbulbs or Compact Fluorescent
  Lamps (CFL)
• They come in standard bayonet and screw fittings.
  
• They last up to 12 times longer
• CFL can produce light using a fraction of the
  electricity needed and save you up to 13 a year.
  Cost 2-5 each - large supermarkets or DIY shops
• Some people find them less bright so could choose
  the next higher wattage to achieve the same
  illumination
• They do not work with electronic sensors, timers
  or dimmer switches
• Use them in places where you have lights on for
  the longest periods e.g porches, landings or
  outside lights that are left on all night
• By using just 4 CFL bulbs in this way you will
  use 80 less electricity and you will save over a
  tonne of CO2 within 6 years.
• Always turn off lights when you leave a room
  and adjust your blinds or curtains to let in as
  much light as possible during the day

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Draughts

• Did you know that the when you add up the cracks
  and gaps in your home they let out the same
  amount, of your warm internal air, as a hole the
  size of a basketball in your wall. Draughtstrip
  and seal your home and save a fortune. Check
  windows carefully with a candle, when the flame
  quivers you have unnecessary cold air coming in.
  Silicone any gaps and cracks and fit large
  curtains to window openings.
• Chimneys - excessive ventilation

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Draughts
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Use Curtains correctly
Close the curtains at dusk to keep heat in the
room that would otherwise be lost through the
cold windows. If you close your curtains at
night, you easily save up to 10
overall. Radiators consider fitting shelves
above radiators as they redirect the warm air
that rises from them back into the room.
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Ventilation

• Ventilation/air is necessary in every house!!
• Controlled ventilation
• Ventilate your house 3 to 5 minutes, a couple of
  times a day instead of opening your windows a
  little bit all day. Shut off your heating, during
  ventilation. This saves up to 16

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The Living Room

• Room thermostat this automatically switches
  your heating off once it reaches your chosen
  temperature, and back on again if it drops below
  your own comfort level. The thermostat should be
  fixed to the wall of your most frequently used
  room, away from draughts, direct sunlight or
  other sources of heat.
• Thermostatic Radiator Valves enable you to
  control the temperature of each room separately
  and reduce your heating bills further by reducing
  the flow of the water to the radiator as the
  thermostat reached its set temperature. They work
  best in rooms that overheat, like kitchens or
  conservatories, or in rooms which are rarely
  used, such as spare bedrooms.
• Reflective panels fitted behind radiators placed
  on outside walls helps to make the most of the
  heat they generate.
• Boiler and Chimney Yearly maintenance of boiler
  and chimney saves 10

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Using Heat

• Save up to 17 by thinking about the way you
  control and use heat
• Room temperature 190C (350 every year/degree) .
• The temperature of stored water 60oC
• On/off times for heating and hot water. Turn off
  the heating one hour before you go to bed. Your
  home still has enough warmth.
• Bleed your radiators on a regular base. If there
  is air in your radiator your boiler burns longer.
  Always start with the lowest an end with the
  highest

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• Electric heating is hard to regulate, it uses a
  lot of energy and is often redundant.
• Electric heating uses 2,5 times more energy than
  heating with gas or oil
• Accumulation devices charge up at night, even if
  you dont need them the next day
• Difficult to regulate
• You cant save 8 if you use extra electric
  heating

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The Living Room

• A greedy device - the television. The rule here
  is simple when you are replacing your TV buy a
  small liquid crystal display screen (19-20). It
  will save the household 60kg per year in
  emissions and lots of money. Plasma flat-screen
  TVs are drains on electricity avoid them at 56
  cent per day).
• Digital set-top boxes like sky boxes are big
  users of power, even when not actually working.
  Set top boxes use a lot of continuous power every
  hour on standby. However a new Freeview set top
  box uses half this amount on standby. You could
  buy one of the Phillips DTR range with standby
  power use of one sixth of the above. Just 250
  buys a DVD recorder with a hard disc, capable of
  storing hours of TV programming. If hard disc
  DVD recorders are used two hours a day they
  consume more electricity when on standby than
  when in use. The Panasonic range has low idle
  power consumption and will use under half as much
  in standby.
• Leaving your TV and video on stand-by wastes
  energy! Some appliances still use up to 80 of
  the energy needed to operate them when they are
  on stand by.

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The Living Room every room

• A Bye Bye Standby System is a new device to cut
  wasteful
• standby use of electrical appliances. This small
  piece of
• electronics plugs into a wall socket and the
  appliance then
• plugs into this. The householder uses a remote
  control to
• cut the power to the appliance.
• When going to bed it is a simple matter of
  pressing
• one button which will turn off up to four
  electronic devices Computers, TV, DVD, mobile
  phone chargers etc. A home with a set-top box, a
  computer, a games console and a couple of others
  devices such as mobile phone chargers can save
  60 a year with just one of these devices. You
  can check this link on http//www.maplin.co.uk
  or this link www.naturalcollection.com. Or go to
  a reputable electric store like Maplin stores,
  nationwide, they stock this and it costs about
  30. By turning everything off at the wall
  emissions from electricity can be reduced to
  below 0.6 tonnes per person saving hundreds of
  Euro with virtually no change in lifestyle.

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The Kitchen

• Look for the energy rating when buying new
  appliances - A is the highest, most efficient
  category. If your current appliances are more
  than 10 years old, you could save up to 65 on
  your electricity bills, simply by up-grading.
• If you want to find out how much electricity the
  appliances in your home use log onto
  www.sust-it.net . This is a very useful website
  which will allow you to find the main energy hogs
  in your home.
• The biggest users of electricity around the home
  are the tumble dryer (1.08 per cycle x 148 times
  pa) the refrigerator (30 cent per day), the
  washing machine (48 cent per day 274 cycles pa),
  the dishwasher (30 cent per cycle x 250 cycles
  pa).

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The Kitchen

• Washing machines always wash a full load, and
  if you cant, use a half load or economy option
  if your machine has one. Always use the low
  temperature (30 degrees) programme bearing in
  mind that with modern washing powders this will
  be just as effective.
• Tumble dryers dont put really wet clothes into
  a tumble dryer wring them out or spin-dry them
  first. Its much faster and will save you money.
  The best way is to use a line or dedicate a room
  in your home to drying clothes hung on clothes
  racks.
• Dishwashers Try and use the low temperature
  programme and ensure you have a full load.
• Pots and pans Choose the correct size pan for
  the food and the cooker (the base should just
  cover an electric cooker ring) and keep lids on
  when cooking. With gas, the flames only need
  heat the bottom of the pan. If they lick up the
  side then you are wasting energy. Pressure
  cookers and microwaves save energy.

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The Kitchen

• Kettles On average we boil twice the volume of
  water we need. Heat the amount of water you
  really need and if youre using an electric
  kettle, make sure you cover the element - this
  could save over 100 per year.

Eco-kettles cost 30 - 45 at www.ethicalsuperstore
.com and would even make a great Xmas or
anniversary present. Some can also dispense
clean, cool filtered water so no need to buy
bottled water either!
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Fridge Freezers

• Low use of electricity per hour but because they
  are on all the time the cost is high
• When buying a new appliance select an A rated
  appliance.
• If the fridge door is left open for 1 minute, it
  takes 3 minutes for it to regain temp.
• Defrost it regularly to keep it running
  efficiently and cheaply.
• If it tends to frost up quickly, check the door
  seal. Damaged door seals let heat in
• Condensation forming on the outside suggests that
  its insulation has deteriorated and that it is
  using more power than it should
• Site the appliance in a cool place, out of direct
  sun and away from the cooker and boiler if
  possible. If not try to leave a good gap between
  them
• Keep the cooling fins at the back of the
  appliance clean and make sure there is plenty of
  ventilation space at the back and top
• Use the thermostat to keep the temperature
  right. The higher the setting the lower the
  temperature
• Try to keep the appliance at least three quarters
  full
• Avoid putting hot or warm food straight into the
  fridge allow it to cool down first.

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The Bedroom

• Keep bedroom doors closed during the day. As
  warm air rises you will find that the rooms
  upstairs could well be warmer than the rooms
  downstairs. If the bedrooms arent being used
  during the day, keep the doors closed until just
  a little while before you go to bed.
• Floorboards and skirting boards stop draughts
  and heat escaping by filling gaps under skirting
  boards, with newspaper, beading or sealant.
• Make sure your windows are draught proofed. A
  low cost, short-term alternative to double
  glazing is to tape polythene across window
  frames. You can buy special products from DIY
  stores.
• Do not forget to kill all standby use in the
  bedrooms and to knock the lights off when nobody
  is in the room.

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The Bathroom

• In just one day, a dripping hot water tap can
  waste energy and enough water to fill a bath.
  Make sure the taps are off!
• An ordinary shower uses only two-fifths of the
  hot water needed for a bath. (Shower with a
  friend it saves even more!). Showers 5L/minute.
  Power Showers 15L/min. You could easily save 100
  and carbon dioxide emissions on water heating
  every year by taking shorter showers, and not
  baths, and using slightly lower temperatures.
• Condensation reducing the amount of water
  vapour in the air will reduce the risk of
  condensation. Keep bathroom and kitchen doors
  closed where possible and open windows to let
  steam escape. Using an extractor fan can cost as
  little as 0.5p per hour, so use one to keep
  condensation at bay.
• Check your hot water thermostat. Water should be
  heated to 60C/140F any lower and bacteria may
  not be killed off, any higher and there is a risk
  of scolding. But one can heat water to 40 degrees
  for one to two weeks and then heat to 60 degrees
  once. This will save energy as very little cold
  water needs to be added to 40 degree water in
  order to wash.

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Shower

• With water saving shower head you can easily
  reduce your warm water need by one third
• A saving showerhead can use 5 to 7 while a power
  shower uses 15 litre water/min,
• Saves up to 25 per year

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The Airing Cupboard

• Make sure your hot water tank is properly
  insulated. It should have either solid, foam
  insulation or a jacket which is at least 75mm
  (3) thick. Jackets cost approximately 15 are
  available from most DIY stores and are easy to
  fit. Save you up to 20 per year! Save a tonne
  of CO2 within 6 and a half years
• Are the pipes which carry the hot water away from
  your hot water tank insulated? These bear pipes
  are wasting energy insulate them to keep the
  heat in the water.
• Use a clothes horse first. Make sure you warm and
  dry your clothes in the cupboard after they come
  off your clothes horse. Tumble drying is
  expensive!

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Standby
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Electricity Meter Box
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Displays

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LCD Display

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Some useful sites www.ul.ie/lowcarbonfutures www
.100ideashouse.com www.sei.ie and then got to
your home www.est.org.uk www.change.ie
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• OIL WIDGET detail

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Energy Neighbourhoods Packs

• Currently being adapted for use in Ireland by
  TEA. Contains
• Your Administrators Pack
• Flyer
• Poster
• Information document
• Covenant slip
• Manual (15 page)
• Frequently asked questions document
• Energy Master Pack
• Manual
• Householders Pack
• DIY audit
• Meter Chart in Xcel
• Overview of requirements (10 questions)

• Social
• Fun
• Save money
• European Aspect
• Competition
• Challenge
• Behaviour
• Habits
• Energy Master

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Contact Details
Thanks! Congrats! Well done.
Email vcarragher_at_tea.ie Phone 052
43090 Address Craft Granary, Church Street,
Cahir, Tipperary
www.tea.ie