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Saving lighting energy

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  • Duration: 1 min
  • Publication date: 15 Sep 2015
  • Part of series BBC micro bit programme

Abstract

In our daily lives we use a lot of electrical devices. Often we don’t think about the energy that they need to work. However, this energy costs money….

One way that we can save money on energy is to make sure that lighting is not left on when we don’t need it.

This video is part of the IET Faraday's teaching resources developed in September 2015 as part of the BBC micro:bit programme and explores how the BBC micro:bit sensors can be used to help overcome this issue and reduce the overall amount of energy that we use.

For more information please visit http://www.ietfaraday.org or https://live.microbit.co.uk/

Keywords:
  • BBC
  • Faraday
  • automatic lighting
  • energy
  • fuel
  • lighting
  • micro:bit
  • monitor
  • pir
  • sensors

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