Today’s students are environmentally conscious than ever. They can easily contribute to energy saving by following some simple procedures. These procedures will also help to reduce carbon emission.
About 500,000 students will be coming out of the schools and entering in to various universities shortly during this year. Researches by Lloyds TSB and Push.co.uk have shown that many of these students will have to take loans to the extent of L20,000 to pursue their studies. Let us see how the energy saving schemes will help these students financially as well as environmentally.
The aim is to reduce energy consumption that will result in the reduction of energy bill by following some simple guidelines as listed below:
Avoid using electric heaters that consume an inordinate amount of energy. Switch off TVs, computers, or CD players that are left ’ON’ when not in use. It is observed that such equipments are left ’ON’ thought out the year in student’s homes.
Another energy saving tip is switching ‘OFF’ mobile phone chargers as soon as the mobile phone battery has recovered.
Purchase energy efficient light bulbs that will enable long usage with out failure as well as contribute towards energy saving.
One cane even use only the light form a mobile phone for going to bathrooms in the night….!
Those living in private houses should ensure that the rent for the house includes the energy bill. There are prepayment meters installed in such rented houses enabling the tenant to pay for their own energy bills.
By following such simple guidelines the student can save even over L200.
