Energy-saving and environment protection are both recent hot topics due to the more intensive and visible signs of global warming. Spending less on energy bills is therefore no longer our own personal interest but also our social responsibility to reduce the carbon emission of our homes. Though consuming non-renewable energy in our homes is not the sole form of CO2 emission, but with all of us paying more attention to consuming less adds up to the great whole of savings. Below you will find a short list of basic things you can do to save money and energy to contribute to protecting our environment.

Since the issue of global warming is one of the hottest topics discussed on all levels of the media, a whole range of energy-saving products flooded the market, offering eco-friendly and energy-saving products to various degrees. Electronic devices now all come categorized to an energy class as a useful guidance. The higher class you choose, the more energy the device saves you, currently the best choice is an A+++ class application, though the category is not available with all gadgets. But to some point even the simplest kettle is available now in an energy-saving form.

Another major way of reducing your costs is by changing your light bulbs to LEDs. LED lights are a new, revolutionary form of lighting with very low consumption of energy (you save 80-90% of energy used by an incandescent light), extremely long lifespan of minimum 25 000 hours and high durability. LED lights are available in a very wide range of solutions including LED spotlights of various forms, traditional bulb replacements, strip lights or panel lights. LED lights are available for low voltage and mains operation as well, and with the developing performance of the diodes brighter bulbs become available on the market regularly. Currently the brightest 60W incandescent light bulb replacement is by created by Philips and Cree. If you are not necessarily looking for a traditional light bulb replacement, but are open to new solutions as well, LED panels and LED strip lights come with high brightness in various colours.

An easy way of energy saving is paying more attention to our daily routines. By reforming the way we handle things at home we can save a large amount of money simply switching off all devices and lights whenever they are not in use. Regular switches are not harmful for LEDs and with this solution you do not have to wait patiently for the light to reach its full brightness, as LED lights instantly lit up fully.