Objective Billsavers will produce authoritative data on energy consumption by lighting and domestic applicances in situ. Such data, which is not currently available, will calibrate existing data based on laboratory cycles. The project will then develop and evaluate educational and intervention programmes to enable consumers to reduce energy consumption by appliances in their homes.LEEP has fitted meters to individual appliances (fridges, washing machines etc) and to the lighting circuits in 100 low-income households in Edinburgh. The meters are read fornightly and each household also keeps a daily diary of appliance use. After 12 months we will have a detailed, base-line record of the electricity consumption by appliances and for lighting these households. A comparison with the theoretical data for the appliance models in question will allow calibration of the laboratory approach and typical cycles used to produce such data. With LIFE funding, we wish to develop an intervention programme to enable households to reduce energy consumption by appliances and for lighting. We would do this by developing energy advice materials and an energy education programme specifically for appliances and lighting, together with a programme of substitution of applications with more energy-efficient models and replacement of light bulbs with energy efficient lighting. Different combinations of these measures would be tried in different households. A further 12 months monitoring would then establish the energy saved and reduction in fuel bills relative to the initial base-line for each approach. It is hoped to show that a cost-effective package of appliance-based energy efficiency measures can be developed for households in which the money saved on fuel bills is sufficient to pay for the cost of the measures. We also wish to extend the monitoring and intervention programme to cover higher-income households. We believe behavioural factors will differ in this sector and for a comprehensive evaluation of the potential for reducing energy comsumption by appliances/lighting it is essential to include it. Programme(s) ENV-LIFE 1 - Regulation (EEC) establishing a financial instrument for the environment (LIFE), 1992-1995 Topic(s) A441 - Exchange of experiences and good practices in the field of eco-management, environmental audit and environmental hearings Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme DEM - Demonstration contracts Coordinator Lothian and Edinburgh Environmental Partnership (LEEP) EU contribution No data Address 72 Newhaven Road EH6 5QG Edinburgh United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data
