The Brief
Facts about Light Bulbs
• In most homes, lighting accounts for 10 – 15 per cent of the electricity bill
• A 100W light bulb left on for just 30 minutes creates enough CO2 to fill a party balloon.
• UKhouseholds use £1.9 billion worth of electricity every year on lighting
• Electricity consumption by domestic lights and appliances has nearly doubled since 1970 and it is set to increase by 12 per cent to 2010.
• Energy saving light bulbs use different technology that enable them to produce a highly efficient and compact light using a fraction of the energy
• By buying an energy efficient lightbulb rather than the other alternatives, you can cut energy wastage by over three quarters. That's a saving of up to £9 a year for a typical 100W bulb, or £100 over the bulb's lifetime
• Energy efficient bulbs last up to 12 times longer than their inefficient counterparts.
• If every UKhousehold installed 3 Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs enough energy would be saved in a year to supply all street lighting in the UK.
• If everyone installed one energy saving light bulb the carbon dioxide emissions saved would fill the Royal Albert Hall nearly 2000 times
• An area three times the size of the Isle of Wight would need to be planted with Sitkaspruce to absorb the carbon resulting from the annual UKuse of domestic electric lights and appliances.
• The British public walks to the moon and back twice every year to change lightbulbs...?
(HA! not useful)
CFLs last on average 12 times as long as standard bulbs: save your shoe leather.
• Energy saving light bulbs use different technology that enable them to produce a highly efficient and compact light using a fraction of the energy
• By buying an energy efficient lightbulb rather than the other alternatives, you can cut energy wastage by over three quarters. That's a saving of up to £9 a year for a typical 100W bulb, or £100 over the bulb's lifetime
• Energy efficient bulbs last up to 12 times longer than their inefficient counterparts.
• In 2001 there were 10m unit sales, representing 6.5% market share. This increased to 21m unit sales in 2005, representing 13% of market share. This is an increase of 110%.
After these facts I struggle to find how I am going to put these on to a stamp- I need ti find smaller facts about electricity, facts that are short but hard hitting.
Ways to Save Electricity
1. Turn off your television, video, hifi, playstation, and other entertainment devices when they are not being used.
3. Replace all of your inefficient incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient CFL bulbs. Replace halogen spotlights with much more efficient and longer lasting LED Spotlights.
4. Hang your clothes out to dry rather than using an electric tumble dryer. Ideally use a spin dryer before using the tumble dryer.
5. Cook many items at the same time when your electric oven is hot.
6. Use a microwave to reheat food or to cook small portions. Although a microwave uses a lot of power, it does so over a very short time and so saves energy overall.
7. Turn down your heating system thermostat. For every degree you lower your heat between 60° and 70° F you can reduce your heating bill by up to 5%. Wear an extra layer of clothing in the house so that you stay warm. Turn down individual radiators - for example, 16°-18° is warm enough for bedrooms whereas 20°-22°C is more comfortable in bathrooms. Rooms that are rarely used can have their heating turned all the way down or off.
8. Purchase energy efficient white goods (washing machines, tumble driers, fridges etc). Although they usually cost a little more initially, the cost savings in electricity will cover that many times over. As an added benefit, efficient items are usually better made and last longer than inefficient models.
9. Vacuum clean the condenser coils at the back or underneath your fridge freezer. Accumulated dust reduces their efficiency by up to 25% adding that cost to your electricity bill.10. Keep your fridge full, but not so full that air cannot circulate properly.11. Fold clothes straight out of the tumble drier while they are still warm to save on ironing.
12. Cool cooked food before you put it into the fridge.
13. Do not put uncovered liquids into the fridge. Their evaporation will make the fridge have to work harder.
14. Heat only as much water as you require for drinks and cooking. If you keep forgetting, purchase an energy efficient eco kettle.
15. Use a convection oven. A small fan inside circulates hot air throughout the oven cutting cooking times by up to 30%.
16. Don't preheat the oven for roasting.
17. Don't keep opening the oven door. Every time you do so, your oven loses 20°C of heat.
18. Put lamps in the corner of a room so that the light is reflected off two walls.
19. Turn down the temperature on your washing machine. Heating the water uses the majority of the electricity, so by doing a warm wash instead of a hot wash, big savings are possible. See Wash Most Clothes at 30 Degrees.
20. Defrost frozen food in the fridge since this helps to cool the fridge.
21. Running a full load in an efficient dishwasher will use less hot water than washing up by hand in the sink! Save money, save time, and save electricity.
22. Boil water in a kettle rather than on a hob to save 50-70% of the energy and to get your water boiled faster.
23. In the summer use ceiling fans on a fast setting instead of air conditioning to keep cool. In the winter, running the fans slowly will push warm air collected at ceiling height down to where you want it. (If the slowest setting on your fan is too strong, reverse the direction of the fan in the winter so that the accumulated warm air is blown up against the ceiling and bounces more gently down around the walls and into the living space.
The average household wastes around £40 a year simply by leaving appliances on standby. Remember:
- you can't switch most electronic goods off just with the remote control
- to turn off an appliance completely, use the power switch on the appliance itself or turn it off at the plug
- if a charger or power pack is warm or has a light on, it's probably using power
Outer side Progress
I decided to go onto Illustrator and begin on the outer design. Quite simple but I feel this part is the most important before going into the actual designs.
