Monthly Archives: October 2022
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- October 24, 2022
With prices significantly rising month on month for just about all everyday essentials it has never been more important to tighten the purse strings where possible. Many of the price rises are beyond our control and households are adjusting their budgets to accommodate these changes.
With rising energy costs having the biggest impact on people’s budgets it has never been more important to save money on the things you can control. Switching your home lighting to LED lighting is the biggest step to reducing your electricity bills.
Many people are reluctant or rather hesitant to make the switch to LED lighting due to a perceived higher initial investment or upfront cost. We will try and explain all the
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- October 06, 2022
"Same old product.........just reclassified"
Many of you who have recently purchased a lighting product might have noticed that the energy label for that product has been changed and are probably wondering why it might be that the product you bought seems to have a much lower energy rating than first expected.
As of the 1st of October 2021, new energy rating labels for lighting products were introduced to allow the consumer more understanding of just how energy efficient that product is, the new energy rating label has already been introduced into the market for electrical appliances(March 2021), they use a similar scale but also consider things like noise emissions, water consumption along with electricity use.
In this blog, however, we are going to concentrate more on lighting products, to give you a better understanding when it comes to your next light bulb purchase.
Why change the Energy labelling system?
These changes have come about with the consumer in mind, these new revised