A man cleans a emporium window in executive London Jan 25, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Stefan Wermuth
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumers are still meditative about the cost of the electronic products they buy, rather than saving energy, according to a consult commissioned by energy-saving record manufacturer Energenie on Monday.
Only sixteen percent of British consumers pronounced appetite potency influences their purchasing decisions, since 60 percent pronounced cost was the main factor, according to investigate conducted by consultancy Vanson Bourne.
Out of the family groups surveyed, 73 percent of thought they were you do sufficient to be deliberate environmentally accessible and majority claimed to have appetite fit inclination in their homes.
But out of those, 81 percent had energy-saving light bulbs but most fewer had adopted alternative energy-saving measures such as stand in glazing, form wall insulation or energy-saving dishwashers or washing machines.
"Using energy-saving light bulbs is a good start, but it is a really pacifist approach of shortening domicile appetite consumption. What this proves is that for people to do something, it has to be elementary and easy," Alan J. Tadd, handling executive of Energenie, pronounced in a statement.
The investigate additionally found that 43 percent of people do not switch electrical appliances off at the mains and one fifth of men revelation they were as well quiescent to do so.
(Reporting by Nina Chestney; Editing by Amanda Cooper)
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