In the hall was a nice looking. energy hungry, 3 mini spot light. I replaced this with an also nice looking, single energy saving bulb fitting bought yesterday from B&Q.
I then took down our wired-in front door light and replaced it with a solar light. We already have solar shed and garden lights and should be making use of the sun's free energy whenever possible, especially now that the technology is no more expensive than wired-in fittings.
We then turned everything off and all went to the park for Tom's football match. It was a fantastic game and ended up a 2-2 draw after Tom's team went 2-0 down. Refereeing, I had to give the other side a blatant penalty but Tom , being the goalie, dived brilliantly to his left to save it and along with some other fine saves, earned himself man-of-the-match!
The kids were now definitely in an outside mood and whilst Sammy played with her friends, Tom did some science experiments for his homework.
So after keeping everything off all day by being mostly outside, we continued by going to Toni's sister's for Sunday Roast and starting our cooking co-operative. Very nice it was too and tasted even better knowing we hadn't used any energy! (Lovely cheesecake Beth).
We got home for baths (one bath of water shared by all 4 of us in turn) and then played Race Track - a Formula 1 based board game. Even though the sun helped, it was a pretty good energy saving day.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL SAVINGS
Hall energy saving light £30
Front door solar light £30
Lined bedroom curtains £5
Cooking Co-operative £25
Dishwasher used only when full £20
Bed half an hour earlier £25
Washing Machine at 30 deg C £15
Reduced Heating & Hot Water £50
Ditch the Tumble Dryer £50
Still Less TV & Xbox £10
Total Annual Savings £260
ACTUAL SPEND (will add items in as we install them and estimate their savings)
Hall energy saving light £27
Front door solar light £25
Lined bedroom curtains £10
Total spend £62
I was amazed to find out how much the changing of the lights could save but I have got the figures from a good, trustworthy site called www.sust-it.net. I thought it would be 3 - 4 years before the saving covered the cost to buy but it's actually less than one year!
So, one week gone and 4 to go. The savings are looking good and when I look at the meter readings tomorrow they will hopefully prove them - watch this space! Getting late so time for bed said Zebedee, boing (showing my age!).
TTFN
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