Energy Facts

1. Half the energy your home uses is for heating and cooling.

2. An energy-smart clothes washer can save more water in one year than one person drinks in an entire lifetime!

3. Every time you open the refrigerator door, up to 30 percent of the cold air can escape.

4. A crack as small as 1/16th of an inch around a window frame can let in as much cold air as leaving the window open three inches!

5. Microwave ovens uses up to 75% less energy than your electric stove!

6. One kilowatt hour is the amount of electricity required to keep a 100-watt bulb lit for ten hours.

7. The average Ontario house-hold uses about 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per month.

8. Energy saved from one recycled aluminum can will operate a TV set for 3 hours, and is the equivalent to half a can of gasoline.

9. Glass produced from recycled glass instead of raw materials reduces related air pollution by 20%, and water pollution by 50%.

10. Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.

11. Laptops use 90% less energy than desktops.

12. A typical bath uses approximately 75 litres of hot water, while a 5-minute shower with an efficient showerhead will use about half of that.

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