What will you be doing March 29 at 8.30pm? Having a drink with friends? Having dinner? Spending time with your family? Instead of sitting with the lights on, why not spend an hour by candlelight and support WWF’s worldwide … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Sustainability Topics; Energy Efficiency
The move to alternative fuel sources: are we too addicted to oil?
In most countries, oil is the main fuel source used for transportation. However, this use has lead to a dependence on imported and expensive oil for many countries around the globe, and with oil supplies in decline the move … Continue reading
Cycling: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint on Two Wheels
Cycling is one of the easiest ways to reduce your carbon footprint, your transport bills and your waistline all at the same time. With ever increasing petrol prices, obesity levels and carbon emissions, there has never been a better … Continue reading
How Do You Get Your Shopping Home?
Most of us do not stop and think twice when the supermarket cashier asks if we would like a bag for our shopping. How else would we get our shopping home? But behind the growing pile of plastic bags that … Continue reading
How Sustainable is Your Diet?
Food makes up a large part of our everyday lives, whether it’s dropping by the shops on the way home from work, searching for new recipes online or preparing a home cooked family meal. However, many of us are … Continue reading
Energy Efficient Lighting
Reducing your lighting bill is one of the easiest ways to save money, as lighting can account for up to 8% [1] of the average household’s monthly bill, and an even larger percentage of a small business’ electricity consumption. … Continue reading
Smart Meters and Energy Monitors: Helping to Reduce Your Electricity Bill
Smart Meters The government aims to have smart meters installed in every one of the 27 million businesses and homes in the UK by 2020, in order to try and reduce the country’s carbon emissions levels. Energy companies are … Continue reading
Increasing biofuel usage: The positive and negative impacts
Introduction Over the past decade concern has grown over the environmental consequences of fossil fuels, this has influenced the recent interest in biofuels (Hill et al. 2006). Ambitious policies that promote biofuel use and production have not only been … Continue reading
Reducing Your Business Travel Emissions
As an energy intensive activity, transportation offers a wide range of opportunities to reduce both money and emissions. For most businesses the main type of vehicle use is that of employee’s commuting to and from work, and travel for … Continue reading
Insulating Your House
Insulating your house can help to reduce your carbon footprint while at the same time helping to reduce your energy bills, especially in the cold winter months, when bills are often at their highest. Insulation acts as a barrier to … Continue reading
