Carbon Footprint|Reduce Lighting

A large proportion of electricity we use in the home is for lighting. Take advantage of natural sunlight and new technologies for brighter ways of lighting your home.

Maximise Your Use Of Natural Light

• Paint walls inside and out light colours
• Keep curtains and blinds open during the day
• Keep your windows clean

Light and Switches

• Avoid incandescent bulbs
• Use low-energy fluorescent bulbs
• Use a dimmer if using halogens bulbs is light is needed

Did You Know?

• Australia will ban the use of incandescent bulbs in 2010, and the UK 2011
  
• If every household in the world switched to energy efficient globes the effect would be so dramatic that, it's estimated, that 250 coal fired plants would need to close
• The average energy efficient globe will pay for itself within a year

Its easy being green.

Andrew