What is your relationship with your energy provider?
Utility bills are often looked at solely to see the total cost to be paid and then filed away.Â
How many people analyse them to become more energy efficient? Now there are many options in terms of energy providers, and I think it is time that we took a minute to see how they can help us, their customers, to analyse the information they are giving us. Â
A recent meeting with Pinergy Ireland has enlightened me on the way in which energy suppliers can be helpful to us in managing our use of energy.Â
How we use our resources comes down to personal responsibility but having a provider who can offer data for us to monitor and decrease our use is a step in the right direction. They can help us as we create positive changes by better understanding our consumption of energy. Â
Also, there are now many energy providers who have moved away from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This industry is changing. Being less reliant on fossil fuel energy means that we, as a country, can move towar...
Environmental education requires REAL data
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What statement is more impactful to you?
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If you turn off your tap while brushing your teeth you will save water.
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By turning off the tap while brushing your teeth, you and your family could save 14,600 litres of water every year! Imagine if every other home did the same?
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Behavioural change is one of the most difficult things to achieve, particularly when we are trying to change a lifetime habit. More often than not, the mistake that most of us are making - is to expect a change in behaviour just because we know it is the right thing to do, without explaining it to others.
When we teach young people about water conservation or energy management, we don’t just tell them what they should do, we demonstrate to them the environmental impact of this change in behaviour.
If I was a teenager, I know without a doubt, that the second statement would make me think twice the next time I am brushing my teeth.
Time and time again I see businesses or communities relay...
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