Conserving Energy
Table of Contents :
- World of Energy - Introduction
- Fossil Fuels
- Water Power and Nuclear Energy
- Alternative Forms of Energy
- Conserving Energy
- Energy Consumption and Recycling
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Turn lights off if you don’t need them. - When possible, use energy saving light bulbs (or fluorescent lamps)
- Don’t overheat you house. Set the thermostat to about 21 ° C and use a fan instead of air conditioning to cool down rooms during the summer.
- Make sure that windows and doors are closed.
- Newly built buildings and houses should be well-insulated. Think of using solar panels, geothermal energy or biomass for heating.
- Save water ! Leaky toilets can waste more than 40,000 litres of water in a home every year.
- Save hot water by taking a shower instead of a bath
- Make sure you have a full load of dirty dishes before you use the dishwasher. The same applies to washing machines and clothes driers.
- If you need to make small amounts of food warm use the microwave instead of the stove.
- Make sure refrigerators are always closed, so that the cold air does not leak outside.
- When you go shopping take bags with you. It saves money and you don’t always need new ones.
- Travelling by bus, train or other means of public transport reduces energy consumption and pollution.
- Organize car pools that take you to work or school.
- Buy smaller, energy – efficient cars instead of big ones.
- Recycle as much material as possible
Downloadable PDF Text- and Worksheets
Words
- apply =affect
- car pool = a group of people who travel together to work or school in one car
- conserve = here: save
- consumption = the amount that is used
- crop = a plant like wheat or rice that is grown by farmers and used as food
- energy efficient = to use as little energy and get as much power as possible
- fan = a machine that is used to make air cooler by moving it around
- fluorescent lamp =a tube filled with gas which shines brightly when electricity passes through
- full load = to make a machine full
- geothermal = heat that comes from inside the earth
- leaky = something that has a hole in it so that water or other things can get through
- panel = a flat piece of a certain material
- public transport = buses , trains, subways that are here for everyone to use
- reduce = to make something smaller or less
- stove = something you have in the kitchen to cook and prepare meals with
- well-insulated =to cover something with a material so that heat does not get out