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Breakdown of CO2 emissions in UK homes
The BBC News website shows the breakdown of CO2 emissions in UK homes as follows :
Space Heating = 47%
Hot Water = 22%
Lighting = 6%
Fridges and Freezers = 6%
Consumer Electronics = 6%
“Wet” Appliances = 5%
Cooking = 4%
Phones, wi-fi, etc = 4%
It would be interesting to see how much this varies from house to house, but at least it gives an idea of where to start with energy savings. The graph of the above can be found here.