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A new website has been launched to encourage the public to replace the 11.7 million old fridges and freezers and 3.7 million washing machines that are guzzling resources in kitchens (and garages) around the country.
The website - www.t2c.org.uk - is a practical site for anyone interested in the significant benefits of replacing outdated domestic appliances with energy efficient models.
Around 15.4 million outdated appliances are still in use in households across the UK. They are at least 10 years old and are needlessly wasting energy and water. Replacing these old machines with today's high-efficiency models could save 3.6 TWh of electricity a year; sufficient energy to light a large town - or a million homes - for an entire year.
Comments (1)
If you persuade people to change their appliances once every 5 years instead of once every ten years, then yes you will save some electricity and water because the designs are getting more efficient, BUT someone in China will need to manufacture twice as many appliances. You need to factor in the incredible waste of resources involved in that. Surely we should be trying to make everything last longer, not change it more often.
Posted by Alex Hiley | November 15, 2007 2:24 PM
Posted on November 15, 2007 14:24