The street that leads to greener living
[2008-7-29]
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Bethany Lewis is a nippy defender for Farsley Vixens under-11football XI, but for the past six months her sharp eyes have beenfixed on a mantelpiece digital monitor at her home in Leeds.
Its flickering numbers show the cost of the household's power,minute by minute, and if it climbs up beyond a couple of pence anhour, Bethany wants to know why.
Her vigilance, matched in 63 other homes on eight streets aroundBritain with the word green in their name, underlies a dramaticclaim that simple good housekeeping could save Britain £4.6bn indomestic fuel bills.
"When I come in from school, I check the numbers," thenine-year-old says. "If they've gone up, I go to the telly to seeif it's been left on, so that the video's on standby. If it has,I'll unplug it."
Thousands of similar small acts have put the Lewises' street, GreenLane in the suburb of Cookridge, into the lead in the nationalGreen Streets competition. Halfway through the contest, which beganin January, the gently sloping double row of 1960s terraces,semis and bungalows has cut costs by 29.32%.
Bethany Lewis is a nippy defender for Farsley Vixens under-11football XI, but for the past six months her sharp eyes have beenfixed on a mantelpiece digital monitor at her home in Leeds.
Its flickering numbers show the cost of the household's power,minute by minute, and if it climbs up beyond a couple of pence anhour, Bethany wants to know why.
Her vigilance, matched in 63 other homes on eight streets aroundBritain with the word green in their name, underlies a dramaticclaim that simple good housekeeping could save Britain £4.6bn indomestic fuel bills.
"When I come in from school, I check the numbers," thenine-year-old says. "If they've gone up, I go to the telly to seeif it's been left on, so that the video's on standby. If it has,I'll unplug it."
Thousands of similar small acts have put the Lewises' street, GreenLane in the suburb of Cookridge, into the lead in the nationalGreen Streets competition. Halfway through the contest, which beganin January, the gently sloping double row of 1960s terraces,semis and bungalows has cut costs by 29.32%.
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