Did You Know Energy Facts

Did You Know Energy Facts

Uninsulated ceilings can waste 35 per cent of your winter heating.
For every old style incandescent globe you replace with a compact fluorescent light you can save about $40 in electricity costs.
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A large screen television turned on for 6 hours a day can generate half a tonne of greenhouse gas a year.
Many appliances use electricity even when they appear to be turned off. Switch them off at the power point to save energy.
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When you turn on a hot tap, the first litre or so was hot but has cooled. If you have an electric system and use the hot tap 10 times a day, you could be generating 200 kg of greenhouse gas each year.
You can save by using the cold tap when you don't need hot water. You can save more by switching to a heat pump or solar hot water system.
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An extra 1 degree Celsius difference between outside and inside temperatures can add around 10 per cent to heating and cooling costs. You can save money and energy by setting the thermostat to 18-20 degrees in winter and 25-27 degrees in summer.
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It takes half a kilogram of black coal or 1.5 kilograms of lower-quality brown coal to supply 1 kilowatt hour of electricity - enough to run a single-bar radiator for an hour, a 100 watt light globe for 10 hours or a 10 watt energy efficient compact fluorescent globe for 100 hours.
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Australia's renewable energy target aims to ensure that 20 per cent of our electricity comes from renewable sources like solar, wind and geothermal by 2020
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The average amount of solar energy that falls on Australia is about 15,000 times the amount of energy Australians use each year.
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The average home produces around 80 litres of reusable greywater a day.
A tap leaking at the rate of one drip a second could waste more than 12,000 litres of water a year.
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By 2021 Australians could save more than $600 million on our water and energy bills just by using more water efficient appliances and products. The amount of water we can save by then is about 800,000 megalitres which is more than the whole of Sydney Harbour.
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Many plastics can be recycled again and again without losing their quality. Using recycled materials to make new products decreases Australia's demand on natural resources, and reduces both energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
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When food and garden wastes decompose in landfill, methane is created. Methane is a more damaging greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
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Up to 40 per cent of the waste generated by Australians is building waste.
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Up to 90 per cent of the materials used in a mobile phone can be recycled.
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For every litre of petrol used in a motor vehicle, 2.3 kilograms of carbon dioxide (C02) are emitted from the exhaust.
Short car trips are the least fuel efficient. You can save fuel and pollution by combining trips.