Energy Saving
Energy saving
We can save energy in all sorts of little everyday ways.
Energy Saving
How we cook can make quite a difference to the amount of energy used.
Energy Saving
Putting lids on pots and turning the heat down under them is important.
Energy Saving
Microwave ovens do use less energy than ordinary ovens when they are used to heat up small amounts of food.
Energy Saving
They can contribute to using more energy if they encourage us to eat more processed, or frozen convenience foods.
Energy saving
It’s not a good idea to use them to heat things with a lot of water in them or from frozen.
Electric Kettle
Electric kettles can use a lot of energy so it is important that we only put in the kettle the amount of water we want to use.
Electric Kettle
If we put in twice as much water, we use twice as much energy.
Kettle on a gas cooker
Cooking on a gas cooker uses less energy than electricity because producing electricity in power stations is so inefficient but with the kettle on the gas cooker it is still important to only boil the water you need.
Cup of tea?
The average person has 3.5 cups of tea everyday. This produces 16.5kg of CO2 per year, if you put just a cupful of water in a small electric kettle.