We've made the switch to low energy lighting.
Our office on Hoddesdon High Street is an old building, and we still had old-fashioned fluorescent lighting.
We’ve switched all the bulbs to LEDs. This has cut our energy use from lights in half.
It’s also saves us a minimum of £7,000 per year – which we can now spend on other works for our customers.
Did you know?
15% of your electricity bill could come from your lights.
Next time a light bulb goes, you can save at least £2-3 on your bills a year if you replace it with an LED bulb instead. It could be more depending on the bulb you had before.
Tip: if you want it to still ‘feel’ like a traditional light, buy a “warm” colour bulb. It’s less sharp.
How we’re saving energy
We have bold ambitions to cut the energy we use as a business, do our bit to protect our local environment and help customers save on their bills.
Sometimes, this means big projects – for example:
- Our Cosy Homes project covering 260 homes.
- Our Warm Front project, thermal scanning all our homes.
- Switching to hybrid vans.
Other times, it’s about taking lots of small steps like:
- Fitting water saving devices in empty homes.
- Fitting kitchen recycling bins in new and empty homes.
- Setting up our Green Panel.
- Cutting down our trips to suppliers, so vans use less fuel.
Our #OneByOne campaign
Change happens one step at a time.
In every update we’re sharing one small thing you can do to save energy, cut your bills and look after the planet. We’ll also share one thing we’re doing to make our homes and our work more energy efficient.
To check out more energy saving advice or find out what B3Living is doing to cut our carbon, click here
