With many businesses still struggling to over come the effects of the recession, it`s very important to look at how much money is spent on energy and even more important how much money is being wasted. Also the effect that this has on our planet is so important that we all need to make a greater effort to reduce our carbon output.
Here is a great example of a community taking action.
` Residents of the Scilly Isles took measures yesterday (October 6th) to reduce the impact of bills from energy suppliers by organising an ‘E-Day’ event.
The plan was for non-essential electrical items to be turned off in homes, schools and businesses throughout the region’s five separate islands and to measure the energy-saving potential.
Around 2,000 people live on the Scilly Isles and the islands are connected to mainland Britain by a single electricity cable, making reduced energy usage easier to monitor.
Matt Prescott, organiser of the event, told CNN: “The E-Day experiment will hopefully prove that the small things can make a big difference, especially when we work together and try to save energy.”
In a bid to gain more specific results, the campaign planned to spend the day measuring the energy usage of a single family and Five Islands School on St Mary’s Island.`
Many firms across the UK are already looking to pursue cheaper business energy costs by turning off non-essential electrical equipment and even taking measures such as switching off water coolers. For details about energy conservation visit www.theenergysavingco.co.uk.
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