We’ve had quite a lot of success with our “switch off” campaign recently where we have encouraged staff to make sure all of the electrical equipment on the production line is switched off at the end of the day. Giving people a list of equipment that they need to turn off has really helped and much less is being left on overnight by accident.

However, the one thing I can’t get people to remember is to switch off the lights when they leave the changing rooms or toilets. For some reason they always forget. So to overcome this problem we’ve decided to make use of some very simple technology…I’ve just bought 8 of these timer switches to replace the light switches in all toilets and changing rooms. Once the button is pushed, the light stays on for 10 minutes, and then it automatically switches off. It should save us around £150 per year  - not a massive amount but worth doing all the same.