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- Right so shall we discuss what we have to do for this project then it says we have to
investigate some aspect of the University facilities yea we have to design a questionnaire
don't we and we have to write an essay and do a presentation is it NSA I thought it was a
report let me check yes you're right kitty it's a report how long does it have to be 1000
words isn't it let me see the report has to be between 1000 and 1500 words and we have
to do that on her own but we do the presentation and the investigation as a group so have
you got any ideas about what we can investigate I know one of the other groups is looking
at the University library and whether it's adequate for student needs Yes in one group is
doing the SportsCenter does it matter if we do the same thing as another group I don't
think so but I was wondering about investigating transport transport yes we can look at
whether people think the bus service is regular enough that we could also look at car
parking facilities we could look at the cycling facilities to there's never enough space for all
the bikes in the bike sheds I'm sure the university could afford to build more what with all
the fees we pay okay I'm happy with that Should we go about the investigation then well
we can make some questionnaires I can ask the people who travel on buses and Paul you
can ask cyclist and kitty you do a questionnaire for car driver shouldn't we write the
questions together rather than individually yes that's what I meant we can ride the
questionnaires together but each of us can be responsible for carrying out the
questionnaires individually does that sound okay sure we should get some quantitative
data to you can count how many people get on and off the bus is it different times and I
can count how many bytes there are in bike sheds that sort of thing and we can take some
photos will be doing the questionnaires they'll be useful for the presentation it sounds
good okay well let's think about these questions

14: How to save energy at home when an electronic device is plugged in it uses energy this
is true even when it's off unplug electronic devices when you're not using them don't
leave your cell phone charging all night don't keep the refrigerator door open long a full
refrigerator or freezer uses less energy that an empty refrigerator to help fill it up you can
put bottles of water inside don't keep the water running when you're washing dishes if
you soak the dishes first and then run the water to rinse them off you'll save water and
energy lighting makes up about 10% of Home energy cost if you replace regular light bulbs
with LED light bulbs you can save up to 75% of that energy

Use a thermostat to change the temperature on a heater or air conditioner adjust the
temperature especially when you leave home or go to sleep washing machines use about
90% of their energy to heat the water if you wash your clothes at 40 degrees instead of 60
degrees you use less energy then use the sun to dry them instead of an electric dryer
takes showers instead of bats showers use 50% less energy than baths and they also save
water