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Reduce your Carbon Footprint
- 1. IES SÁENZ DE BURUAGA Carbon Footprint ReduceYourCarbonFootprint
- 4. - Reduce drafts and air leaks with insulation, and weather stripping.. INSULATEANDSEAL YOURHOME
- 5. - Make energy efficiency a primary consideration when choosing a new furnace, air conditioning unit, dishwasher, or refrigerator. - Know the energy efficiency eco-label - Turn your appliances off. specially turn the stand by off APPLIANCES
- 6. -Turn off lights you’re not using and when you leave the room. -Replace incandescent light bulbs with LED ones LIGHTING
- 7. - Don’t set it too high or low. Install a programmable model to turn off the heat/ air conditioning when you’re not home. - 21 ºC in winter and 25 ºC in summer are good temperatures for your thermostat. THERMOSTAT
- 8. - Add solar panels to the roof of your home. This costs a little more than the above options but you could eliminate your electricity bill or even earn money by selling electricity back to the grid. SOLARENERGY
- 9. - Check the source of your energy bill . - It should be from renewable sources like solar or wing energy CHECKYOUENERGY BILL
- 11. - When possible, walk or ride your bike in order to avoid carbon emissions completely. - Carpooling and public transportation drastically reduce CO2 emissions by spreading them out over many riders. WALKINGORRIDINGA BIKEISBETTER
- 12. - Electric cars emit no CO2 if they’re charged with clean electricity or a hybrid or high- mileage gas/diesel car. - Check the eco-label of your car DRIVEALOWCARBON VEHICLE
- 13. - Speeding and unnecessary acceleration reduce mileage by up to 33%, waste gas and money, and increase your carbon footprint - Save power driving properly DRIVINGSTYLE
- 14. - Properly inflated tires improve your gas mileage by up to 3%. - It also helps to use the correct grade of motor oil, and to keep your engine tuned TIREINFLATION
- 16. - Until petroleum-based aviation fuel is replaced, you should avoid flying when possible. - Fly less frequently, fly shorter distances, and fly economy class AVOIDFLYINGWHEN POSSIBLE
- 18. - The Lancet study Food, Planet and health, estimates that food production systems cause 25% to 30% of the greenhouse effect. - Transporting food requires petroleum-based fuels, and many fertilizers are also fossil fuel-based. FOODPRODUCTIONS CAUSEMORETHAN25%OF THEGREENHOUSEEFFECT
- 19. - Consume less red meat and dairy It takes a lot of resources to raise cows. - It’s especially bad if you buy beef from somewhere like Brazil, where it was grazed on land that used to be tropical forest but was cleared for agricultural use. CONSUMELESSRED MEATANDDAIRY
- 20. - Vegetables consume 13 times less CO2 and also less water and methane emissions than meat production. CONSUMEMORE VEGETABLES
- 21. - They have much less impact, are usually cheaper and contain less packaging. CONSUMELOCALAND SEASONALPRODUCTS.
- 22. - Change your consumption habits, plan and organize your meals buying strictly what is necessary and reuse food, do not throw it away. AVOIDFOODWASTE
- 24. - The life cycle of drinking water (pumping, purification, purification, etc.) involves an emission of 4 kg of CO2 per 1000l of water consumed. SAVEWATER
- 25. - The three principles of every environmentalist: - Reduce, - Reuse - Recycle. REMEMBERTHETHREE R’SRULE
- 26. - Plant trees. - Each tree absorbs 0,5 Tm per year COMPENSATEFORYOUR FOOTPRINT