The writing is on the street for bright sparks who have come up with an innovative way to cut their electricity use.

Residents in Tidy Street, Brighton, wanted to know how much electricity they used on a daily basis so agreed to take part in a project monitoring their consumption.

But instead of merely marking down the amount of electricity they used in a notebook they opted to do something bolder and recruited Brighton graffiti artist Snub to help.

Every day he has spray-painted a line on the street marking the residents’ average consumption.

Brighton and Hove residents’ average electricity use is also marked, so people living in Tidy Street can see how they fare compared to the rest of the city.

The project is due to take place over about three weeks.

Organiser Jon Bird, 42, of Ditchling Road, Brighton, is working on the project with the Open University.

The project is being funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, a government-run body.

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