Green Facts

Green Facts

In one year there would be enough waste to fill dustbins stretching from the Earth to the Moon. (Source: LGB Publications)
Using power strips saves three quarters of office power which may be consumed when machines are off but still plugged in
Up to 90% of new glass can be made from reclaimed scrap glass, which saves energy and raw materials (Source:British Glass)
Every ton of paper recycled saves 17 trees. (Source: The Green Parent website).
The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle is enough to power a light bulb for four hours. (Source www.practicalhelp.org.uk)
Through energy use the average home emits more harmful CO2 gas than the average car. (Source: ETSU)
Using a hose to wash your car wastes up to 300 litres or 33 bucketsful of water. (Source: Southern Water website)
You can just about halve the power used by your LCD monitor by setting it to run on low brightness (20 Watts compared with 34 Watts on full brightness)
If your computer has got a big old-style monitor, you can cut its energy consumption in half by switching to a flat screen. Better still, switch to a laptop - you'll use 90% less electricity
Paper makes up more than 50% of office waste. Guess how much double-sided printing saves?
The best office paper is FSC certified, chlorine free and at least 50% recycled content
Computers in sleep mode usually use less than 10% of the energy than when they are sitting around waiting for you or hard at work
Save water and trees - put this at the bottom of your emails: “It takes one liter of water to make three sheets of A4 paper. Do you really need to print this?”
Screen savers don't save energy - they save screens
Fluorescent bulbs use approximately 80% less energy than traditional bulbs

The Big Picture

There are at least 25,000 tons of garbage produced in Beirut every day. (ELARD organization, 2010)
Recycling one ton of cardboard and paper saves two tons of wood, according to the Ministry of Environment
Energy Star products currently save Americans around $3.5 billion annually
Imported fossil fuel accounts for 97% of the energy bill in Lebanon (Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation Project, 2010)
By using energy more efficiently at home, you can reduce your emissions and lower your energy bill by more than 30%
72% of world energy is consumed by infrastructure, industry, buildings and residential markets (Schneider Electric, 2010)
60% increase in the demand for electricity in new economies is expected by 2030 (International Energy Agency, 2007)
By 2050, energy demand will double and the world’s population will increase by 46% (www.worldenergy.org)
White and cream color reflect sunlight by 60 to 90% (Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation Project, 2001)
Only 1% of houses in Lebanon use solar water heaters, compared to 50% in Cyprus (Lebanese American University, 2010)
80% of buildings in Beirut are wrongly oriented, attracting unwanted sunlight and heat (Lebanese American University, 2010)

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