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Zero Cost Ideas to Save Energy

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:57:27 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: every little bit helps!

Show your kids the electric bill, then tell them you’ll pay the difference between this year’s and last year’s bill for that month based on current-year pricing

the household power usage dropped by something like 10kwh/day

set the water heater to the highest setting you need

if you only need cold water, then move the lever over to the cold position, and then pull it up

Wash Clothes With Cold Water

you can let hot water used for baths (or anything) sit around until it cools off before you send it down the drain is good. The water heats the house as it cools down, and this saves a bit of heating fuel

vacations, turn your water heater off

If you have an unused power strip lying around, you may find you can save about 800 KWH per computer per year

Use Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Venting your dryer inside

Drive Less -- Combine Trips

Leave Less Stuff On

Seal Heating and Cooling Ducts

losses from heating ducts in a typical house reduce heating efficiency by 30%

this is "typical", not a maximum

Tags: save, energy, free, emvironment, green

I'm Dreaming of a GREEN Christmas!

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:37:11 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: So many great ideas! Every little bit of conservation helps!

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Try buying gifts that require less or no additional wrapping

Go for gifts that involve life experiences such as tickets for a show, airplane or sports event

Send Christmas e-cards

Recycle: Buy it and Do it

Like the Christmas cards, try to buy recycled gift wrap, gift bags, boxes, and other packing material

Switch to Low-Energy Lights

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

Faux Fir

Make A List, and Check it Twice

Plan your routes so that you don’t have to double back

consider buying rechargeable batteries

Did You Know?*

If every American family reused just 2 feet of holiday ribbon, it would create 38,000 miles of recycled ribbon. This is enough ribbon to tie a bow around the entire planet.

If everyone in the U.S. replaced their regular holiday light strings with LEDs, in one month at least two billion kilowatt-hours of electricity could be saved. This is enough energy to power 200,000 homes for a year.

Tags: christmas, holidays, green, environment, money, save, tips