Sustainable living - Creating a better place

SUSTAINABLE LIVING CREATING A BETTER PLACE Living sustainably doesn't need to be complicated. Take a look at the statistics below on using energy and how new homeowners can live sustainably. How energy is used in homes depends on many factors: how homes are heated, what temperature they are heated to, what appliances are used and how, how homes are lit and so on. Across Britain, heating and water are the main drivers for energy consumption, with the average home using 61% for heating, 23% for hot water, 13% for light and electricity and 3% for cooking. HOUSEHOLD ENERGY SPENDING In 2013 the average UK household spent £729 on gas and £577 on electricity. That's a combined bill of £1,306, equivalent to £3.57 per day. 1500 O ELECTRICITY (ANNUAL BILL-£) O GAS (ANNUAL BILL-£) O TOTAL (ANNUAL BILL-£) 1200 900 600 300 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Despite falling wholesale energy costs, UK government projections show that energy prices are expected to continue to rise, with electricity prices set to increase between 19% and 41% by 2020. It has been estimated that every home in the UK could reduce the amount of energy it uses by 20%. One of the most publicised energy wasting habits is to leave electrical products on stand-by. This averages around £30 per household per annum. With a room thermostat, BENEFITS OF LIVING IN A NEW HOME programmer and thermostatic radiator valves in your home you could save between £70 & Living in a draught-proofed home can save you up to £150 £10-E50 YEÀR PER YEAR PER A 3-bed detached A 4-bed detached new build could new build could New homes are built with cost up to cost up to cavity walls which contain 52% 55% insulation. This insulation could save you £140 LESS TO RUN LESS TO RUN than an than an 'upgraded' Victorian home 'upgraded' Victorian home PER YEAR IN HEATING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES SHOWER LIGHTING If every person in a 4-person household Average annual cost of £77 showered for one minute less a day in a power shower it could SAVE £60 TV+DVD +SET-TOP BOX on energy bills and a further Annual £60 running cost is £67 on water bills FRIDGE FREEZER WASHING MACHINE AND TUMBLE DRYER An estimate of If a household owns ELECTRIC running a fridge freezer annually is a washing machine and tumble dryer the KETTLE cost of laundering £62 A YEAR It costs their clothes would £25 A YEAR typically be £80 PER YEAR, to boil a full 2 litre kettle, operated twice a day not including softeners and detergents OVEN Annual running cost for an oven is £42 DID YOU 74 KNOW? Recycling steel and tin cans saves of the energy necessary to PERCENT produce them Enough energy is saved by recycling one The unreleased energy contained in the average dustbin each year could aluminium can to RUN A TV SET FOR 3 HOURS POWER A TELEVISION FOR 5,000 HOURS 1 recycled plastic bottle would save enough Your iphone OOD USES 16p of energy to power a 60-WATT LIGHT BULB FOR 3 HOURS energy a year AN AVERAGE 5 MINUTE Microwaves use 70% TO POWER 90% LESS SHOWER can use up to 100 litres energy than ovens of water ! ! I The energy used to boil ONE KETTLE OF WATER £5.09 Your laptop uses of energy a year could light a room for an entire evening BY BEING SUSTAINABLE, WE ARE MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT miller AND THE WORLD homes A BETTER PLACE a better place SOURCES • http://www.actonenergy.org.uk/energy-consumption • https://www.gov.uk/govemment/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_ data/file/345141/uk_housing_fact_file_2013.pdf • https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics • https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/367813/ Annex_M_Growth_assumptions_and_prices.xls • http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/domestic/content/draught-proofing-your-home0 • http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/domestic/content/energy-saving-quick-wins • http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/domestic/content/cavity-wall • http://www.nhbcfoundation.org/News-Media/Press-releases/ Energy-efficient-homes-could-cut-annual-bills-in-half • http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/corporate/our-research-and-reports • http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-2218782/Cut-energy-bills- 10-tips-reduce-gas-electricity-costs.html • http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/reports/home-water • http://www.actonenergy.org.uk/appliance-energy-consumption • http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/reports/powering-nation • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standby_power • http://www.confusedaboutenergy.co.uk/index.php/buying-household-appliances • http://www.confusedaboutenergy.co.uk/index.php/energy-saving-tips/cooking • http://www.which.co.uk/energy/saving-money/guides/energy-labels- explained/eu-energy-efficiency-labels/ • http://www.ecoforce.co.uk/green-facts.htm • http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/facts.html • http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ekhf45egdkk/mobile-phone-25-cents-per-year-12/ • https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/_assets/media/Fact_File_5_-_Using_water_at_home.pdf • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4861456.stm0