Christmas switch-off saves £30,000
05 Feb 2013
As a result of switching off electrical equipment over the Christmas period, we reduced our daily electricity consumption on the main campus by around 12%* and saved £30,000.
The Estates and Facilities Energy team have calculated that, if we all switched off as much equipment before going home each weekend, we could achieve an annual saving of around £250,000.
Switching off at the weekend would also reduce our CO2 emissions for the year by 1.3% - more than a quarter of our annual reduction target of 4%.
Just follow these four easy steps:
Further information
If you are not sure about what you can switch off, seek further advice from the Environmental Sustainability team:
- eMail luminita.tuchel@manchester.ac.uk or ES@manchester.ac.uk
or - Visit Sustainability website
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* Compared to the average of weekends before/after.