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A reminder of the challenges that were on the original Challenge Card. If you have lost your card and still want to join in, print off a new card. Challenge Card to Download

  • Turn off Lights when you leave a room and save £1.49 and 6kg of CO2.
     
  • Turn off all standbys and save £37.30 and top 155kg of CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere.
     
  • Wash laundry at 30 degrees – and save £8.72 and stop 36kg of CO2 being released.
     
  • Boil only the amount of water you need to use. By filling the kettle with only enough water to supply the number of cups you are filling will save £5.33 and 22kg of Co2.
     
  • Turn the thermostat down by 1 degree C will save £65 and 268kg of Co2.
     
  • Set the hot water tank at 60 degrees will save £10 and keep 41 kg of CO2 locked up.
     
  • Closing the curtains at dusk will reduce the heat loss from rooms throughout the house and will save £15 and 62kg of CO2.
     
  • Use lids on saucepans when cooking will save £9.12 and 38kg of Co2.
     
  • Do not leave taps running when brushing teeth. The water that runs down the plug hole has been filtered, cleaned and pumped, which used energy too. Save a massive 6.9 tonnes of water.
     
  • Re-use carrier bags or use a bag for life and save 1kg of CO2 for each 5 carrier bags you don’t use.
For details of Farmers Markets in Chichester, Midhurst and Petworth contact Chichester District Council on 01243 785166.
Grants and contacts
If you want to look into the various grants available to make your house more efficient and save you money in the long term call your local Home Energy Efficiency officer on 01243 534690 or e-mail
nwiser@chichester.gov.uk

In the next few years all houses that are sold or let will have to have an Energy Performance Certificate so any measures you take are likely to add value or make your house easier to sell/let in the future.

If you want to calculate your carbon footprint go to

http://www.footprint.wwf.org.uk

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