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ALEM, the Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change of the City of Murcia, offers a few tips to save energy.
The Councillor for Environment and Urban Quality, and Vice President of ALEM, Adela Martinez-Cacho, stressed that they are a small number of signs and gestures to help care for the planet.
The tips are available in a virtual book that can be accessed through the websites and www.energiamurcia.eu www.murcia.es.
Heating.
Set your heating to 21 °.
You'll save about 10% on your bill and help to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
If you feel cold, try to wrap a little longer before raising the temperature.
Heating appropriate reaction to real needs.
Green Power.
Consumers have the right to choose the source of electrical energy that reaches our homes.
If you have not made the switch, make the decision to ask the power company coming to power your home is only green energy sources.
If you are buying, take your time.
Avoid congestion, traffic jams and crowds of last minute, consequently also choose to buy products better.
Walk and ride your bike.
In the movement of short distances makes these habits to combat sedentary lifestyles.
Will contribute to combat climate change while improving your health and take full advantage of the true Christmas spirit in the streets and squares of Murcia.
Reduce car use and use public transport.
When you go to buy gifts or to visit friends and family always use public transport wherever possible.
Avoid the car.
Public transport is a cheaper alternative and less polluting.
It is also the best option at this time, where there are many Christmas lunches or dinners with friends and coworkers, which is often consumed alcohol and should avoid driving.
Avoid risks.
Sustainable Christmas tree.
If you go to buy a Christmas tree, the best option is to buy one alive who can stand below and use it again next year.
Lighting.
Think how much energy you use for Christmas decorations.
Save energy by turning off the Christmas lights when no one will enjoy it.
Always turn off the lights when you go to sleep or leave home.
Whenever possible, use energy saving light bulbs and LED lights are the most efficient.
Always disconnect electrical appliances when not in use, thus avoiding the so-called 'ghost consumption. "
Make your own decorations.
It creates 20% more waste at Christmas than at any other time of year.
Use natural materials.
Replaces plastic ornaments made from remnants of other natural materials like pine cones and branches of old trees.
Manually create your own Christmas cards or send e-cards.
The planet will thank you.
Sustainable procurement.
Try to be restrained in the amount of your purchases, because the more items are purchased, more natural resources are being consumed.
Buy products made closer to home, boost local and regional trade and avoid the energy costs of transport.
Buy organic and fair trade whenever possible.
Avoid superfluous and unnecessary product, as well as will reduce energy use associated with their production and marketing.
Do not use disposable things.
Hard to wash dishes, but avoid large quantities of waste and will also do a favor to the environment.
Avoid the "disposable."
Trust the return to your origins and good manners and takes to recover and traditional home cooking, pamper your health and avoid cooked food, which also typically involve excessive packaging and high energy consumption.
Pay for the gift and not the packaging.
Avoid products with excessive packaging or manufactured from PVC or precious woods.
Gives priority to those facilities with minimal packaging and / or using recyclable materials such as cardboard.
Reuse paper.
You can use recycled paper or even make our own wrapping paper.
Recycle wrapping paper after use.
Use ribbon or string instead of tape to wrap gifts, as well as being more flirtatious, more environmentally friendly.
The tape is not biodegradable and prevents the gift wrapping paper can be fully reused.
Each year, are used around 4,000 tonnes of wrapping paper for Christmas (the equivalent of 25,000 trees)
Use permanent shopping bags and / or avoiding recycled plastic bags.
Many supermarkets now use recycled plastic bags, opt for them.
Use cloth bags or the traditional shopping carts, which also make great gifts.
Toys.
Instead of throwing the old plastic toys, promotes reuse through flea markets or rummage shops or donate them to charitable institutions.
Opt for toys or appliances that connect or recharge the electrical grid, instead of using batteries and it is so, whenever possible, use rechargeable batteries instead of the traditional.
Add to your Christmas list a battery charger if you do not have one.
If you must use non-rechargeable batteries, buy alkaline batteries.
Avoid dirty electronics.
Some electronics companies do more for the environment than others.
Learn before you buy and avoid the gift of today is the solid waste tomorrow.
Offer light bulbs.
This act will help your family and friends to save money by avoiding atmospheric emissions of CO2.
Standard bulbs waste 85% of the energy consumed into heat.
Purchase energy efficient appliances and always use them responsibly.
Sow a little peace around you, this is not necessarily beneficial to the environment, but will benefit your environment.
New year, new life.
If you follow all the tips for a sustainable Christmas, why not keep doing it, for all of 2010 is sustainable?
For more information alem@ayto-murcia.es
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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