Energy Saving tips
What can you do right now at home to save energy, just by making a few changes?
We’ve come up with six easy ways to save money by making a few adjustments at home. Look out over the next six days!
#1. Turn off your consumer electronics.
Gadgets that stay on continuously, which includes consumer electronics and common devices like radon fans, account for 23% of the average electricity bill, which translates into $322 annually. Your gadgets are silently, stealthily trickling energy savings out of your pocketbook.
Gadgets that stay on continuously, which includes consumer electronics and common devices like radon fans, account for 23% of the average electricity bill, which translates into $322 annually. Your gadgets are silently, stealthily trickling energy savings out of your pocketbook.
Take a tour of your home and put your printers, PCs, laptops, home entertainment equipment and gaming systems on power strips — smart ones, if you have them — and turn them off when they are not in use. Some things have to remain on, of course, like a cable box, but does your printer need to stay in idle mode all the time?