Keep showers short
Showers account for 33 per cent of all water used inside the home, so keep your showers short. Conventional showers use on average 12 litres of water per minute. A minute or two less showering time adds up to a lot of water over a year.
- Water Corporation
1. Use accredited green power: one of the best ways to reduce your carbon emissions is to sign up to electricity from renewable energy sources.
2. Insulate your home: it can save you hundreds of dollars each year on your energy bills and reduce your carbon emissions.
3. Use less hot water: water heating uses about a third of all the energy in the home.
4. Try driving less: you save 1.5kg of carbon dioxide for every 5km you don't drive.
5. Keep your car running well: make sure you keep your car in good working order. When buying a new car try to make your choice based on fuel consumption as much as style or brand.
6. Don't rely on standby: standby power from appliances averages 92 Watts per household or 800kWh per year. This can cost you around $105 annually.
7. Waste not, emit not: every tonne of paper recycled saves almost 13 trees, 2.5 barrels of oil, 4100kWh of electricity, 4 cubic metres of landfill and 31,780 litres of water.
8. Use your air conditioner less: turn your thermostat down 2°C in winter and up 2°C in summer. This can save up to 20 per cent on your heating and cooling bills as well as reducing greenhouse emissions.
9. Buy locally: buy as much produce as possible from local sources. Not only does this help boost the local economy, it reduces the amount of energy needed to get the product to you.
10. Actually do it!
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This website is all about practical ways you can act now to improve our future in Western Australia. Below are links to background information on climate change, the greenhouse effect, and the related issues that can impact on the way we live now and in the future. Climate change and the greenhouse effectDepartment of Environment and Conservation - DEC is responsible for coordinating a whole of government response to climate change, and explains climate change, the greenhouse effect, and the potential impacts on Western Australia ...more Department for Planning and Infrastructure's Living Smart program - Living Smart offers information on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at home and in daily travel. The program provides climate change facts and myths, and a way to measure your carbon footprint. ...more Australian Greenhouse Office - The AGO has a concise, easy to understand booklet on the science behind climate change ...more Indian Ocean Climate Initiative - IOCI brings together research scientists from the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology in partnership with Western Australian Government agencies to define and research critical climate questions ...more Sustainable energySustainable Energy Development Office - Sustainable energy is a key element in mitigating the effects of climate change. Development and uptake of sustainable energy technologies is part of adapting to changing conditions. SEDO plays a vital role in accelerating the adoption of renewable energy and energy-efficient strategies across all sectors of the community - from business and industry to government and the general public ...more Carbon emissionsCarbon Neutral - carbon emissions calculator - The Carbon Neutral program is supported by the Government of Western Australia and offers government departments, private corporations and individuals the opportunity to offset the carbon dioxide produced by their daily activities....more |
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