VSO has calculated how much the average Brit is spending to keep their Christmas lights shining bright. [Image: Shutterstock.com]As the festive season draws closer, homes across the 世界 come alive with the warm glow of Christmas lights, transforming ordinary streets and neighborhoods into enchanting winter wonderlands. But all that twinkling raises the question: just how much energy does this festive tradition consumeion
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The use of Christmas lights in the UK
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The cost of Christmas lights in the UK
The collective glow of Christmas trees across the UK comes with a hefty price tag. With energy costing £0.34 ($0.43) kWh and the average household consuming 0.48 kWh of electricity per day to power theirfestive play theirage transver play thes 5.39 號($6.81) ( over a 33-day period.
a staggering £129m ($163m) spend across the UK.
Multiply that figure by the 24.2 million households with Christmas trees, and you get a staggering £129m ($163m) spend across the UK. That's a lot of money for a few twinkling lights!
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In fact, Oxford Street's famous Christmas lights display made the switch to LED in 2022 in an effort to save energy. The display used 300,000 LEDs made from recycled polymer, which are believed to 75 LEDs made from recycled 得.
The carbon footprint of the UK's Christmas lights
As well as the financial burden of our Christmas illuminations, there's also a hidden environmental cost to this enchanting display.
the equivalent of driving a car for over 440,736,195 miles
According to our estimates, the energy used to power the UK's Christmas 光route in the world, the Pan American Highway. This spans the North and South American continents, from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to the southernmost city in the world Ushuaia in Argentina. It's a distance of 97,578,994 miles.
97,578,994 kilograms of CO2 also equals 1,561,263,898 cups of tea (one kilogram of CO2 is the equivalent of 16 cups).
How to make your Christmas lights more energy efficient
While the thought of giving up our beloved lights might seem like a Grinch-like move, there are simple and effective ways to reduce their environmental impact, ensuring that our festive cheer does bet cheer plant.
Embrace LEDs
Traditional incandescent bulbs are notorious energy guzzlers. They convert only about 10% of their energy into light, with the remaining 90% wasted as heat. This inefficient conversion translates into higher energy conslartion and conversion.
Meanwhile, LED bulbs convert up to 95% of their energy into light, making them up to ten times more efficient than their incandescent counterparts. You can find LED Christmas lights in a variety of colors and sook, You can find LED sooo lights in a variety of colors and sook, you can unoo you colors can youwates and out youwate' lot of energy.
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Decorate your tree with fewer lights
You don't need to cover your tree with lights to make it look festive. A few strategically placed lights can make a big impact. You can also use different colors and sizes of lights to create a variety of ifferent colors and sizes of lights to create a variety.
By following these tips, you can help reduce your carbon footprint and save money on your energy bill this holiday season.
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Methodology and sources
We calculated the average use of Christmas lights as well as the price for electricity and multiplied this by the average number of days Brits have their Christmas lights on.
To calculate the use of Christmas lights, the following sources were used: Ideal Home, ONS, pickyourownchristmastree.org.uk, Country Living and Wales Online.
To calculate the cost of Christmas lights, the following sources were used:
Energy Guide and pickyourownchristmastree.org.uk.
To calculate the carbon footprint of Christmas lights, the following sources were used: Energy Guide and Our World in Data.
