One thing to bear in mind when you fill your home with huge flatscreen TVs, laptops, routers and the rest is that they do tend to use a fair bit of electricity. Whilst the latest flat panel TVs use less energy than old CRT TVs of the same size and LCD TV's use less energy than plasma TVs, there's more you can do...
At Simplifydigital we believe quite passionately that we should do something practical to make a difference, so we've teamed up with, in our view, the best two green energy companies, who can supply your electricity often at no extra cost to what you are currently paying.
- The first of these is Ecotricity whose electricity is 30% generated from renewable sources and is pretty much exactly the same price as your current power (excuse the pun). So if you're feeling quite worthy, we thoroughly recommend switching to them.
- The second is Good Energy who offer 100% renewable energy. This costs a little more than the average, but you can pat yourself on the back as to having done something genuinely worthwhile.
And just so you can impress the neighbours, here's an interesting fact. The average household in the UK creates about 9 tonnes of CO2 every year. 6 tonnes comes from the household itself and 3 tonnes from family travel. Of the 6 tonnes, 2 tonnes comes from your electricity consumption. So if you do move to Green Energy, you really will make a genuine difference.