It's not just our meters that are in a spin about energy costs. Saving energy not only makes sense for our pockets, it reduces our impact on the environment and helps us all to be more sustainable in a changing world.
Have you ever wondered how much your fridge costs to run a year? Or how much electricity the latest 'must have' plasma tv's use? At sust-it we aim to provide you with up-to-date information on the energy usage of consumer products available today, so that you can compare the running costs of your next purchase.
Any purchasing decision we make has an impact on energy consumption. Every product we buy has an embedded energy value, this can be a very complicated calculation involving the whole life cycle of your chosen goods i.e. raw materials used, manufacturing processes, transportation, longevity, how recyclable is it and, of course, its power consumption.
sust-it has based the assessment on the easiest to quantify, that being the energy it will consume over its life. This is normally more than consumed in its manufacture.