More than 400 residents have taken advantage of a Surrey County Council scheme designed to help save up to £150 each year on energy bills. The energy monitor lending scheme has proved most popular in Reigate and Banstead, with 64 individuals and families borrowing the devices from one of the borough’s six libraries during October and November.
Local libraries across the county are lending energy monitors to individuals, couples and families so they can better understand the energy consumption rates of household appliances.
By understanding which devices are using electricity at any given time residents can reduce consumption by turning off appliances and lights that are not being used, and upgrading devices to more energy efficient models, saving up to 15%.
The scheme is supported by Surrey Climate Change Partnership, which is made up of members of Surrey County Council and the county’s 11 borough and district councils.
Surrey County Council’s cabinet member for the environment, Lynne Hack, said: “It is great to see so many residents taking energy use seriously. This is a fantastic scheme that raises environmental awareness and can genuinely help residents save money.”
There are nearly 300 devices available for loan across Surrey’s 54 libraries, and each monitor can be borrowed for up to three weeks. For more information or to find out if your local library has a monitor in stock call 0300 200 1001.
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Current Cost are delighted that the scheme has taken off so well.
Hopefully more people we join up to the library loan scheme and begin saving more money and begin cutting their carbon emissions.