• By turning the thermostat down by one degree, you can save as much as 10% on your bill.
• Switch off your television, video, DVD player and music system at the set. When left on standby, they still consume electricity.
• Thermostatic Radiator Valves (TRV) allow you to control the temperature of each room and can help reduce your energy bills.
• Regularly defrosting your fridge freezer will help keep it running efficiently
• Remember not to leave your fridge freezer doors open for too long. For every minute the door is left open, it takes another three minutes to reach the set temperature
• Cover saucepans and turn the heat down
• To save energy, wait until you have a full load before using your dishwasher.
• Turn off lights when you are not in the room
• Use low energy light bulbs wherever you can as they use less than a quarter of the electricity used by standard light bulbs and will last up to 15 times longer.
• You can save energy and money by insulating your hot water tank.

Energy Education Read more on ManagEnergy KidsCorner websites

Over the next 3 years, ManagEnergy will be placing an increasing emphasis on Education. As always, we rely upon the local energy actors to provide us with information about activities in their region. See the ManagEnergy KidsCorner section below for details of how these plans are progressing and how you can help.

The ManagEnergy KidsCorner features energy and transport pages including games, downloads, animations, videos and other teaching resources aimed at 7-11 year olds (top left), 12-16 year olds (bottom left) and their teachers.

The website includes a portal with hundreds of links to online energy education resources in all Member States. It also includes energy-related educational materials in all twenty native languages.
 

Cleaner and better transport in cities Read more on CIVITAS Measures web site

The CIVITAS Initiative helps cities to achieve a more sustainable, clean and energy efficient urban transport system by implementing and evaluating an ambitious, integrated set of technology and policy based measures.

CIVITAS Measure Fields: eight categories of measures have been identified as the basic building blocks of an integrated strategy. Each CIVITAS city chooses an appropriate set of measures from those building blocks and combines them to form integrated solutions for clean urban transport in cities. In addition, it puts in place the appropriate planning framework, ensures political involvement and support, and establishes the necessary partnerships to ensure delivery of the plans.