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tweaking your TV settings, adjusting temperature settings, and setting timers. Hunt down
“energy vampires” that consume electricity.
5. Replacing older appliances with energy-efficient models can save the average household
more than 450 euros a year, thanks to national energy efficiency standards, and those savings
could climb to 760 euros by 2030.
6. If just 1 in 10 households bought Energy Star–labeled heating and cooling equipment, we’d
avoid pumping 13 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions into the environment each
year, equivalent to the annual tailpipe emissions of 1.2 million cars.
7. Almost 1/5th of the world’s energy is used for transport whereas most of us blindly blame
industries for the same.
8. LEDs are very energy efficient and cheap too. Lights in our homes and offices should be
replaced with LEDs to conserve energy.
9. One of the most critical energy efficiency facts is that it saves lives. Air pollution causes one
in nine deaths globally, with 92% of the world’s population living with air quality below the
World Health Organization’s recommended levels. Energy efficiency reduces levels of
pollutants in the air, saving lives.
10. Another significant energy efficiency fact is that it can help solve social issues. A household
is considered to be in fuel poverty in Canada if it spends more than 10% of its income on
electricity or gas. In 2015, 8% of Canadian households were in fuel poverty.
11. Boosting energy efficiency in buildings, vehicles, and appliances and equipment is an
inexpensive, low-impact way to reduce climate pollution on a grand scale. One extremely
effective way to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is through a more efficient home.
12. Widespread use of efficient appliances, electronics, equipment and lighting, along with
better insulation and other weatherization, could cut 550 million metric tons of carbon
pollution a year by 2050—equal to the electric power emissions produced by Texas, New York,
Florida, Illinois, Virginia, and California in 2016.

Educational activities

Ages 6-9

Lesson Plan: Energy Conservation at Home
Energy Efficiency, Let’s Save Energy! (Grade 1)
Background reading: Primary Infobook, Saving Energy, Printable Coloring sheet, Printable
Activity: Energy Consumption Collage
Background reading: Elementary Energy Infobook – Saving Energy, Printable Worksheet: Saving
Energy Selfie

Ages 9-12
Background reading: Intermediate Energy Infobook – Saving Energy, Printable worksheet: 4Rs Barista
Cup Art Challenge (Grades 3 -5)
Energy Conservation Contract (Grades 6 - 8) has students working with the members of their
household to survey and rate their energy-using behaviors.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the
views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the

information contained therein.
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