The Governments Act on CO₂ scheme has put together a website which allows individuals and households to assess their contribution to CO₂ emissions through our Homes, Appliances and Transport usage.

The ‘calculator’ asks a series of non-probing questions which then give you the contribution per section and then overall, per year.

You can then compare this to both the national average and the national target – an encouraging thing.

Finally you have the ability to view 6 top tips on how to reduce your carbon emissions or an even more in-depth action plan which you can then email onto other members of your family for encouragement.

Visit their site, check your contribution & see how you could reduce it:

http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/index.html

Now, here at FES, we’re all for saving energy, the environment and of course money. Therefore, if you are like minded readers you may be interested to learn of a product which is relatively new to the UK market but which could save you both water and gas!

The Oxygenics® range of shower heads has been brought to our attention by our friends at Elite Energy (http://www.eeuk.net/oxygenics.html) and some of our employees have even tried some of the Skincare ^TM Series of showerhead in their own homes!

One of our colleagues was especially pleased with the results as they found the shower heads gave them a “refreshing, spa-esque” experience.

This is due to the patented technology behind the energy saving success of the Oxygenics® shower head range. Oxygenics® range of shower heads, do the following:

Self pressurise, take in air and introduce oxygen to aerate the water.

As I mentioned earlier, the shower head range produced by Oxygenics® do not only give a great shower experience (and look good!) they also save you money, here’s how:

•Your initial investment is all you need to spend, no replacing of shower heads as they all come with a life time guarantee.

•They all use less water than standard devices and therefore reduce water bills greatly.

•Using less water also means less energy to heat said water, therefore lowering heating costs.

•Shorter length showers such as those produced by Oxygenics® mean better pressure.

•The Oxygenics® lifetime warranty also means that it will never clog or fail – this also means greatly reduced maintenance.

To find out how much energy/money you could save by changing to Oxygenics® shower head range, please go to http://www.eeuk.net/oxygenics.html & click on the link to Elite Energy’s Savings Calculator.

Happy Showering!

An Energy Audit is an inspection, survey and analysis of energy flows in a domestic or commercial building with the objective of understanding the energy dynamics of the building under study. Commercial Energy Audits are usually undertaken by businesses who wisely seek opportunities to reduce the amount of energy input into the building without negatively affecting the output(s) – for example carbon dioxide emissions, heat loss and so on. When the object of study is an occupied building such as an office or factory, then reducing energy consumption while maintaining or improving human comfort, health and safety are of primary concern. An Energy Audit does more than simply identifying the sources of energy use, it seeks to prioritise the energy uses according to the greatest to least cost effective opportunities for energy savings.