Going Green
Going green
Tenants of St. Leger Homes are going green,
thanks to a number of energy saving initiatives.
St. Leger Homes of Doncaster is supplying all
new tenants with six free energy efficient light bulbs when they
move into their new home.
The bulbs help tenants to save money and help
the environment and show a dramatic effect on electricity bills. If
the bulbs are fitted to the 1600 homes that are re-let each year,
the combined savings in electricity for tenants is up to
£96,000 - or up to £10 per light and around £60 per home.
And if the newly let home doesn’t already have
a smoke alarm, it will be fitted with up to two each containing a
ten year battery.
Andy Rowe, business manager at St. Leger
Homes, said: “It is great news for our new tenants. Not only are
they moving into a new home but they have the reassurance that they
are saving money and being environmentally friendly. We’re
also fitting smoke alarms that could save lives.”
St. Leger Homes is also working with Yorkshire
Water to install water saving devices in toilet cisterns free of
charge to tenants. These are fitted to homes that do not
already have low use water cisterns. One water device fitted
to a nine litre plus toilet saves one litre per flush. On average a
toilet is flushed 5000 times per year, saving 5000 litres of water
per household.