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www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com. What is the Green Drying Project?. Involves residents and organisations in finding practical solutions to a modern problem: lack of drying greens Why? 85% of modern housing developments have been built without outdoor drying facilities
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What is the Green Drying Project? • Involves residents and organisations in finding practical solutions to a modern problem:lack of drying greens Why? • 85% of modern housing developments have been built without outdoor drying facilities • Housing costs and drying costs are high • Indoor drying means expensive tumble drier use, or increased use of heating • Condensation contributes to damp housing and poor health. www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
Facts: our research shows... Over 10,000 homes in Edinburgh affected by having nowhere to dry their clothes outdoors 58% of the residents surveyed regularly put the heating on just to dry their washing 41% of who have a balcony reported restrictions on using it for drying 80% of respondents dry their washing in the home on drying racks 57% of respondents are restricted to use their outdoor space for drying Over a quarter of respondents have washing drying 7 days a week Indoor clothes drying releases 5 litres of water vapour per load. More than any household activity Studies show that damp housing contributes to asthma and poor health Average carbon emission for weekly use of tumble dryer is 390 kg per year www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
Common feelings “My building is brand new, yet they never planned or thought of putting a drying room or drying green in any block. The tenants consist of families with children and people with special needs. The buildings were earmarked for such people, as far as I know, before building started, so it looks likethe lack of drying space was a deliberate omission” www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
Common feelings Why dry outdoors? Cheaper Better clothes Reduces damp Eco-friendly www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
Tumble driers and the Environment • Tumble dryers in the U.K. use more than £1.1 million of electricity every day—this is enough to power 2,650 homes for a year • The electricity used by these machines is 3.5 kWh per cycle 1 kWh = 0.527 kg of CO2 1 cycle = 1.84 kg of CO2 Household with 4 weekly loads = 7.5 kg per week 390 kg of CO2 per yearfor weekly use www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com + £70 per person per year to power each tumble dryer!!
Scotland’s Average Carbon Emissions Per Year 51,940,000 10 tonnes Scotland 1 Scottish resident Population tonnes 5,194,000 Tumble driers and the Environment • Using up the dry days in Scotland, we can reduce our carbon footprint from 10 tonnes of carbon per year to 9.61 tonnes; that’s nearly at 4% reduction in our individual yearly carbon emissions. Our collective carbon emissions would reduce to 49,862,400 tonnes a year (also a 4% decrease). www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
165.8 181.1 199.2 183.9 Tumble driers and the Environment If we take advantage of Scotland’s dry days to hang dry our washing, our carbon emissions for the year would reduce to 195kg we would reduce our carbon footprint from 10 tonnes of carbon per year to 9.61 tonnes; that’s nearly at 4% reduction in our individual yearly carbon emissions. Eastern Scotland All of Scotland www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
Dampness: Bad for you and your flat • People choose to hang their washing indoors because it’s cheaper and considered eco-friendly Indoor drying Damp flat Bad for health & property • Clear connection between damp, cold, and mouldy housing and asthma and other chronic respiratory symptoms www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
Dampness: Water Vapour For families, five liters easily increases with the amount of loads to at least 15, 20 or more litres of water vapour. www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
Lack of drying greens or space Drying indoors Tumble driers Bad for wallet Bad for properties Bad for health Bad for environment Bad for clothes www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
What we can do • Raise awareness of the scale of the problem • Demand our deeds be changed to allow the hanging of our washing in balconies and outdoor space • Demand that no planning permissions be handed out by the Edinburgh Council for flats without drying greens or space for residents to hang their washing www.comas.org.uk greendrying.wordpress.com
