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When lighting the office remains open all night use as much energy in a year as much to heat a home for almost three months.
When a photocopy machine remains in standby all night wasted as much energy as it takes to build 30 cups of tea.
When a computer stays on all night for a year, generated enough carbon to fill a double-decker bus.
When a refrigerator door remains open for 30 minutes a day wasted enough energy in one year to illuminate a beacon for almost four days.
Only 10% of the energy consumed by common incandescent lamps used for lighting and the remaining 90% of the energy is converted to heat and lost.
For every kilowatt hour of electricity saved in a kilogram emitted less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. |