Why Save Energy?

Did You Know

• the average British household spends up to £1000 per year on fuel bills?
• £300 of that could be saved by improving insulation and heating?
• providing heat and power to your home is responsible for one quarter of the UK's emissions of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that causes climate change?
• climate change is considered to be a serious threat to our survival in both developed and especially in developing countries?
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has agreed that there is a 90% likelihood that climate change is largely a result of the increased release of greenhouse gases by human activity?
• Eastleigh Borough Council has made a commitment to make its own internal activities carbon neutral by 2012?
• Eastleigh Borough Council has launched its own local carbon offsetting scheme - "CarbonFREE" - the Carbon Fund for Reducing Emissions in Eastleigh

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Want to calculator your own "carbon footprint".  The Government offers a fun online calculator - how much are you contributing to climate change? 

You can look at Eastleigh Borough Council's Climate Change Action Plan which tells you about current projects the Council is undertaking to mitigate the impacts of, or adapt to, climate change.

Energy efficiency measures in your home also help you keep warm in the winter months. To find out more download the ask for a copy of the "Keep Warm Keep Well" booklet by contacting our Home Energy Conservation Officer - see below.