High Peak Borough Council and the Energy Efficiency Advice Centre would like to invite people in the High Peak to 'Leave It Off' for 24 hours as part of the national Energy Saving Day (E-Day) event.

E-Day will be happening between 6pm on Wednesday 27 February 2008 and 6pm on Thursday 28 February.

Over 24 hours, E-Day will be trying to show how even small energy saving measures can be made to add up, and potentially play a part in tackling climate change.


Councillor John Haken, Executive Member for the Environment said: "During this experiment everyone in the country will be invited to see if they can save energy in their home, school or office, by leaving off electrical items which are not in use, and then offered direct feedback on the results of their actions on national electricity demand via the E-Day website. This is an exciting event and one that everyone should try and contribute to."

The total effect of millions of energy saving measures will be updated on the E-Day website: www.e-day.org.uk, on a minute-by-minute basis.

(CD/JM)