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Enlightening stuff!

Enlightening stuff! LED Lighting

Our new energy efficient lighting section has lots of information on low energy bulbs and spotlights. And with lighting accounting for approximately 20% of the electricity used in our homes, it's well worth investing in low energy alternatives. LED lighting is up to 90% more energy efficient than incandescent bulbs, this means you could reduce your annual energy bills by as much as 18%, if you replace all your incandescent bulbs with LED equivalents.

We are offering Sust-it users 25% off when you purchase 8 of the GU10 LED Spotlights, equivalent to 25w halogen. And the offer applies to x8 GU5.3 LED Spotlights as well.

The 25% off voucher code (when you purchase eight) is: Sust-LED

Energy Labels promote less efficient washing machines, why?

Larger capacity washing machines are far more efficient per unit of electricity consumed - as they save on the number of loads. more �

What's using watts in your home - free energy monitors for every 100th Facebook like*

Do you really know what's eating up electricity and driving up your bills? An inexpensive Power Meter can give you some real energy saving insights into what's using watts in your home. We recently had a Sust-it user contact us with freezer that was consuming nearly �120 worth of electricity a year! To encourage everyone to get monitoring we're giving away 10 energy meters for every 100th like we get on Sust-its Facebook page, go on keep up to date with Sust-it and you could win a Power Meter today.

* UK residents only, promotion started July 2012

 

56% of web retailers are not displaying full energy label information

56% of web retailers are not displaying full energy label information

A survey published in the National Measurements Office (NMO)* Annual Enforcement report, has highlighted that 30% of high street traders are displaying energy labels that are inaccurate when compared with the manufacturer's information. Even more shocking is that 56% of online retailers are failing to display full energy information!

Sust-it takes its information from manufacturers websites, as we've noticed retailers website information is often wrong! more �

 

Energy Labels promote less efficient washing machines, why?

Energy labels for washing machines are now displaying average electricity consumed per year based on 220 cycles, regardless of the capacity of the machine. This means we get the absurd situation of the energy label on an A rated 6kg machine saying it uses less energy per year, than a more efficient A+++ 12kg machine - which does double the amount of washing!