We've all been hit in the pocket by rising electricity costs, at work and at home. The price of electricity is beyond our control, but it is in our power to consume the amount of energy we have to stop. If our energy saving tips, you will help to reduce the impact on preserving our fragile environment and resources of our planet.
First of all, if you are not using compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), you should be. CFLs use only about one-third ofElectricity than standard incandescent bulbs. According to some experts, if you use the replacement compact fluorescent light bulbs for a quarter of high-use areas, you can reduce the amount of electricity you on lighting by half. I have energy saving bulbs in every machine in my house, except the refrigerator, oven, microwave and two fluorescent fixtures that are built into
Use task lighting instead of lighting the area. If you do something at a fixed location, such as your desk or work table,You do not have the whole room lit up bright. Use an LED lamp table, one of the outstanding shares, or a similar device for small to move the light where it is needed. At 25 or 40-watt CFL can create ambient light in the room and you will reap the savings.
Use devices that allow efficient and no larger than necessary having to do the job. For the activities of many a kitchen microwave oven will do what you do and save you a lot of energy. If all you do is a little hot 'for fish sticks,Do not heat the stove great in your area, simply use the toaster. Heating costs, the large room for something that does not fall into the toaster. It saves money, to make two and freeze one for later. You can also save more money by not preheating the oven, leave the food a little 'more to cook.
They use less energy in winter, when you set a programmable thermostat on the heater and let the temperature in the house is very beautiful at night. In winter, the thermostat at 21° C when you are awake and 17 ° C when sleeping. In summer, the thermostat at 26 ° C and a ceiling fan to cool your place. If the outside temperature, at least two degrees lower than the temperature goes down, you have to "vent" your home - is to open the windows to let fresh air
You would think that would be a "solar dryer" the grandmother to do to give - with indoor or outdoor clothesline to dry clothes. And 'low maintenance, nomoving parts and the fluttering leaves in the wind to give the puppy to play something. It is not for everyone, but I would not mind a few years ago, is the initial cost and reduce the energy consumption is significantly less than a gas or electric dryer. Does not work well on rainy days though. You can not save with an electric dryer $ 50 per year.
One last thing to do to save money on electricity bills should be to eliminate phantom loads. What, I ask you, is to invite a ghost? A phantom loadeach device, the energy is consumed when you think you have it turned off. It all started with "instant on" TV back in those days the vacuum tube. If you "turn off" the TV used, the tube filaments or the strength of them, and costs money. If your TV "on", you were just turning the high voltage and piping hot immediately went to work.
It 'even worse than today. Everything has a remote control to load a ghost. Think about it. There must be a circuitWaiting inside the alarm received from the remote control. The clocks on VCRs, stoves, microwaves and other appliances are all phantom loads. It cost money.
The way to cure phantom loads is to use the devices to a switched outlet or power strip. Or just drag them. Unplug the toaster, coffee maker, hair dryer, television and some power strips. It 'good that some devices have memory in the IC chip stored inside the unit. If we consider thisUnits, you may lose the information stored. One of the really nice aspects of energy saving is that you decide what you want to save to get. It's up to you to decide if and what, loading ghost leaves, if not with them. Only balance convenience against cost savings.
Now you have the knowledge necessary to reduce the monthly electric bill. It 'hard to say how much you can save these ten simple changes, but here's an example: A friend of mine who lives in aApartment at the time, followed the same recommendations and has seen a 30% reduction in the bill the first month. It can be done. And you can do.
There are many reasons to reduce energy consumption: save money now, the preparation of future increases in interest rates and helps to improve air quality and global warming, or a little less waste. With the rising prices of electricity and gas bills, these methods allow you to search for cheaper utility bills and save money.
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