This week Coventry City Council, one of the Tap into Savings partners, is focusing on saving energy through Switch if Off Week.
The Council is looking at its own energy use and also helping local residents to make savings. Here are some ways that you can get involved.
Enery monitors available to borrow from local libraries. See also [...]
One simple way to cut electricity use is to switch off things which use power in standby mode or through transformers which waste electricity as heat when they are plugged in, even if the appliance isn’t switched on! Some quick examples from recent EcoTeams findings:
an old TV, which used 80 watts in use and 6 [...]
In two of the project areas we’ve been able to give some people energy monitors to keep a track of their electricity use. In Redhill and Merstham these have been provided thanks to Raven Housing Trust. In Coventry we have been able to give energy monitors to EcoTeam members to help them with their energy [...]