"The small things in life can make a big difference"
Energy Saving Day (E-Day) will be happening between 6pm on Wednesday 27 February 2008 and 6pm on Thursday 28 February.
Over 24 hours, E-Day will be trying to show how even small energy saving measures can be made to add up, and potentially play a part in tackling climate change.
Everyone who wants to take part in E-Day is being asked to leave off household electrical items, which do not need to be on, and to leave these items off for as long as possible.
These might include lights in rooms that are not being used, televisions left on standby, mobile phone chargers left plugged in, unused printers, etc, etc.
A launch event will take place at St. Paul’s Cathedral at 5pm on Wednesday 27 February 2008.
This will include a candle-lit vigil for the Planet, games, a pedal-powered cinema, world premiers for a small number of fun and factual films, a welcoming address by the Bishop of London and a brief explanation of E-Day’s goals and activities by Matt.
E-Day’s nationwide “Leave It Off” experiment will be launched from St Paul’s Cathedral at 6pm on Wed 27 Feb and finish at 6pm on Thurs 28 Feb.
During this experiment everyone in the country will be invited to see if they can save energy in their home, school or office, by leaving off electrical items which are not in use, and then offered direct feedback on the results of their actions on national electricity demand via the E-Day website (www.e-day.org.uk).
The cumulative effects of millions of energy saving measures will be updated on the E-Day website on a minute-by-minute basis.
Syndicated versions of the data will be made available to media organisations and news websites for free.
The E-Day website will also offer information on some of the potential solutions to climate change that have been proposed especially for E-Day by a wide variety of major businesses, charities and scientists.
http://www.e-day.org.uk/?gclid=CMaXiu3V0pECFQjilAodazqhbA
Richard Isaac EMAS Policy Officer
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Policy Development Service
4th Floor, South Wing, Jacob's Well
Bradford BD15RW
Tel: (01274) 431842
Fax: (01274) 432042
Energy Saving Day (E-Day) Wednesday 27 February 2008 and 6pm on Thursday 28 February
