Our family usually spends most of its time together in the living room. This involves quite a high level of lighting, much viewing of the TV and use of a DVD or video recorder. It is common for the video or DVD recorder to be left on stand by and also the TV. There may also be a HiFi system for listening to compact disc recordings.

In southern Europe, an air conditioner may also be used for space cooling during the summer.

Typical annual consumption for appliances which are 5 - 10 years are as follows whilst possible savings through purchase of new energy efficient models is also shown:

Lighting	140 kWh	possible savings	50 –80%
TV	210		15 - 30%
VCR + decoder	190		30 - 60%
Hi-fi system	80		40 - 70%
Air conditioner	180		25 - 50%

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