Representatives from Tap into Savings in Redhill and Merstham were delighted to have been awarded a gold award in the local authority category of the recent Green Apple Awards (2011). The Green Apple Award is given by the Green Organisation who are dedicated to recognising, rewarding and promoting environmental best practice around the world.
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Tap into Savings wins Green Apple Award
How to tackle standby waste
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 [...]
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Feedback on water saving products
We have now installed water and energy saving products in over 800 properties in the project areas. We have had very good feedback from customers to the dual flush converters, tap inserts and efficient shower heads.
Here are some of the comments we have received so far.
The adjustments to the taps are very good, they now [...]
Controlling condensation
Now it’s starting to get colder, problems with condensation in the home can start to get worse. However, there are some simple tips which can help to reduce condensation and it’s worth looking at these. It costs more to heat a damp room than a dry one.
The housing associations we are working with each provide [...]
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A good (new) start for EcoTeams in Redhill
We had a great start to the two new Redhill EcoTeams on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings – at least another 20 people taking part, with lots of support from Sustainable Redhill, Redhill Methodist Church, Raven Housing, Sutton and East Surrey Water and Reigate and Banstead Council.
We have a few places left on both of these teams, [...]
How much water do we use?
Who’s a water waster? Sometimes people think they only use the amount of water they need, but in reality most of us do use more than we need to.
But how much is too much? And how much do we use?
Not many of us have a feel for what 150 litres look like. At our next [...]
Energy saving questions answered
The Merstham EcoTeam met in the middle of April to share energy saving tips. We started with the EcoTeams energy game, which helps to spot the big energy guzzlers in the home and ways of saving energy.
Then we looked at questions that people had, like how to save money on heating bills. Tips included
using draught-excluders round [...]
How many bankers does it take to power a lightbulb?
At the Tap into Savings launch in Redhill we had the Global Action Plan energy bike in action. Local residents took turns to see how much electricity they could generate. If you missed the chance to see it you can see it in use at the Global Action Plan YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/GlobalActionPlanUK#p/u/34/7cLjncCWW-Q.
It certainly puts the [...]