Energy Auditors

The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts has announced the launch of an aggressive privately funded energy efficiency programme. Costing $70 million it is intended to help fight global warming.

They are taking a pro-active approach and will offer free energy audits to residents in the city, this includes private and commercial properties. The aim is cut the cities electricity consumption by 10 percent so that by 2011 their CO2 emissions will be reduced by 150 thousand tonnes each year.

Douglas Foy, a consultant with the non-profit Cambridge Energy Alliance which is heading the programme said "You can do a number of small things and reduce your carbon footprint dramatically"

We agree completely with Foy. Now all we need to do is encourage and educate people that we can make a difference and it can save you money at the same time!

The Cost of Power

World domination? George Bush and his thirst for eastern oil? Some sort of evil plot that only James Bond could solve?

Well, you should take the title of this post literally, I really am talking about the cost of power, or to be specific the cost of electricity. I believe that the financial cost of something is also a good indication as to the environmental cost.

So to give you an idea of what costs the most around your home I've done some maths to work out what it costs per year.

Heating (based on 6 months) £191

Showers £73

Making Tea £36.50

Washing Machine £32.76

Cooker £51.10

Watching TV £146

Lighting £109.50

The two things that surprise me the most are how much the lighting costs and that it costs more to make tea than do the washing!