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Energy consumption, through heating, lighting, running electrical equipment, and transport, all impact on our environment – social, economic as well as green. It may not be obvious, but even consuming water uses energy, through the cleaning and transportation of water as well as the disposal of wastewater.
The majority of energy consumed is generated from non-renewable resources such as oil, coal and gas and billions of £ of energy is wasted each year in the UK
Energy consumption in turn produces greenhouse gases, which are responsible for climate change, and pollutants that can be harmful to our health.
To prevent or lessen the inevitable effects of climate change, it is our responsibility to try to reduce our energy consumption, whilst researching and implementing ways to use renewable energy.
Our UK goal is to: reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20% (on 1990 levels) by the year 2010, and to produce 10% of electricity from renewables by 2010.
