Imagine two power stations working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. That is how much energy people in Britain waste by leaving things like TVs on standby (turned on and ready to use). Did you know that leaving a TV on standby in your house? Can you turn any of them off?
When you turn on a normal light bulb, only 10 per cent of the electricity it uses turns into light – the other 90 per cant is wasted as heat. Using energy-saving light bulbs saver 80 per cant of that electricity, and you can use them for much longer too.
Do you like to heat your house to 26 C in the winter or cool it to 18 C in the summer? Half of the energy that we use at home is used to heat or cool the house. You can save a lot of energy if you keep your house at 22 C all year and put on warmer or cooler clothes. It also takes a lot of energy to heat water. When you make a hot drink, it is good to heat just as much water as you need, not more.