Wasting precious resources 😾

I have a very small very bright LED torch which I try and remember to keep in my handbag. In case of being plunged into darkenss in a loo or the Tube.
Also one on my bedside table. It is dazzlingly bright but effective.

Even if there are staff working in a building at night, surely the entire building is not manned and thus does not need to be lit up.

Lights ought to be turned off when people leave a room, either by the last person to leave (some hope, nobody below retirement age has been taught this), by a time switch or by a sensor.

Were people are working sitting at a desk or a machine their lamps should not be coupled to the sensors, but be on a time switch that the user of the desk can control.

Passage and stair lights, emergency exits and the like, should have low voltage lights.

Any government that says "Do as I say, not as I do," is as unworthy of respect as parents or teachers were, in the days when they commonly behaved as if they lived by that motto.

Magenta8

We have some spectacular lit up front garden Christmas decorations round where I live. I admit it brightens up the dark days but the Scrooge in me can't help seeing it as a huge waste of electricity.

You mean right now ?! In October?

I worked nights for 16 years, in fact there was almost a full office

I totally agree, we lived for a while in Durham city and you could clearly see all the rows of desks empty ! Yes, maybe the odd person may be working but honestly can't image anyone being around at midnight ? If people do need to work past say 6 or 7 pm then surely they could organise a 'night floor' to be lit or some sort of system. In this day and age there's no need to be so wasteful of our energy.

StripeyGran

Perhaps we could dial down the Christmas and Halloween tat while we are at it.

Absolutely! The awful proliferation of so called 'halloween' tat is a danger to wildlife - birds and insects get caught up in this 'tat' or try to eat it and die, not to mention the increase in plastic rubbish.

I agree about Christmas lights. They are often switched on halfway through November. A lot of energy and council tax could be saved by not switching on until the first of December. Surely that's soon enough?

welshgirl2017

StripeyGran

Perhaps we could dial down the Christmas and Halloween tat while we are at it.

Absolutely! The awful proliferation of so called 'halloween' tat is a danger to wildlife - birds and insects get caught up in this 'tat' or try to eat it and die, not to mention the increase in plastic rubbish.

Thank You! It's awful. A few years ago we were worrying about the disposal of yoghurt pots, now nobody cares.

No matter how nice the lChristmas lights are I agree they could cut down especially the Blackpool lights.

Maremia

Hearing reports that data centres use up an awful lot of energy and water.

Just maintaining emails across the UK takes 2.5% of all power used, so if just WE all cleared out old emails we could be helping reduce that.

A data centre also accounts for 360K litres of water a day for cooling.

I think the 'Christmas lights' on now are for Diwali a Festival of Lights. That is why we have had fireworks going off all over the place too. I have LED bulbs in all the lamps and ceiling lights in my house as they take up a lot less electricity. I still like to turn them off when not in use though. Maybe the office lights are LED?
I have solar lights in the garden but it is time to bring them in now as there is not enough sunlight. My poor husband has the job of taking all the rechargeable batteries out and charging them up for the battery operated Christmas lights indoors.
We do put Christmas lights outside which are mains operated but again they are LEDs and we have then on a timer. They reckon heating elements take up more electricity than LED lights. I only ever use my tumble dryer for towels. Everything else gets dried on clothes horses in the utility room if wet outside.
Instead of putting the large electric oven on I use my Ninja airfryer if only cooking for the two of us. I have a gas hob and a microwave.
I think my Steam generator iron probably uses quite a lot of energy.
I try to wash at lower temperatures and use Dettol laundry cleaner in the rinse.
We have a movement sensor on the outside security lights. Not sure what else I can do.

StripeyGran

Perhaps we could dial down the Christmas and Halloween tat while we are at it.

Absolutely! I am horrified by the total rubbish that is on sale at this time of year.