energy-saving ideas
dpmay
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hey everyone, i was thinking it might be cool to have a thread for posting little, easy, practical things you all do to save a little energy at home. i figure there are a lot of people on here who do that sort of thing, and maybe we can give each other some ideas.
and maybe we can even just keep it as a practical list...no politics. if this topic bothers you as a political issue, that's OK, maybe just consider these ideas as ways to cut your own personal energy bills...
i'll start with an obvious one: i try to unplug my cell-phone charger and really as many appliances as i can when i'm not using them.
and maybe we can even just keep it as a practical list...no politics. if this topic bothers you as a political issue, that's OK, maybe just consider these ideas as ways to cut your own personal energy bills...
i'll start with an obvious one: i try to unplug my cell-phone charger and really as many appliances as i can when i'm not using them.
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Here the heat is turned off until night fall.
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2. wash dishes using the dishwasher instead of by hand
3. wash clothes in cold water and dry on the line (when possible)
4. get your shopping, work and any other errands done on one trip to town (in rural areas)
5. replace your tank water heater with a tankless water heater
6. set your thermostat to no higher than 63 degrees farenheit
1 compact flourescent light as opposed to a traditional filament bulb is supposed to be the equivelant of taking 300,000 cars off the road, according to a history channel docu I saw.
Crazy Mary says washing dishes in the dishwasher as opposed to
by hand saves, but I thought the opposite was true. (?)
the dishwasher uses less water. Especially when you use a new energy*star one that doesn't require pre-rinsing. It uses less water than washing by hand. That's why I have two in my kitchen.
your tv...your entertainment system-uses 25% of its normal "on mode" energy when it is turned off. the same is true of other appliances. When you go to sleep at night-all those little red lights, all those systems- still using energy, even in standby or "off" mode.
here's a solution for that... http://www.greenswitch.tv/
thanks for the tip.
seriously, don't drink bottled water.
* weather strip your windows/doors in the winter
* do laundry late at nite
* unplug unnecessary appliances
* wear a few more layers in the winter
this is a good one...also, i try to watch the amount of packaging on the shit i buy...
Also this probably won't save you any money, but if you can set your dishwasher or dryer to run when you go to sleep (or if they have timers on them set them to run in the middle of the night). In most places power generation can run much more efficiently if there is constant demand, rather than if there is a spike at peak times, then nothing for the rest of the day. Also in some places when there is the spike they have to fire up the more polluting forms of generation to keep up with demand.
Do power strips use energy if switched off? Unplugging multiple stereo/TV components is a pain in the ass, and sometimes impossible to reach. I can't reach my plugs without moving my entertainment center, but can switch off the power strip. Does that help?
Speaking of energy usage, this daylight savings time isn't helping at all. Inside lights and porch lights are on even longer because it gets dark so freakin' early.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
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The switch on your power bar will totally help. You can even buy power bars with built in timers and set them up to shut everything down at night or times when you know you are not going to be around.
Ok, thanks.
The bit about unplugging phone charges saving so much energy made me think about power strips being turned off still wasting energy.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln