Efficient living starts with effective steps!

You might not know it, but you're probably wasting a lot of money on electricity you don't need.

 

The experts believe that, both energy and money can be conserved with the help of using energy efficient products  and control living costs by making our homes energy efficient.  According to the researches, about 55 percent of residential energy use goes to heating and cooling our homes. An additional 20 percent goes to heating water, with 20 percent to refrigerators, freezers and small appliances. The remaining 5 percent goes into lighting.

Simple actions, such as  setting our thermostat at 78 during warm weather, replacing incandescent bulbs with LED lights, switching off fans and other appliances when going out! After all we pay for every single unit of electricity we use that's why we need to use energy more wisely.

What else could you do to save energy and money. Below discusses is the list.

1) Get Your House To Harness the Sun--Passive solar heating makes use of the free heat you receive from the Sun to warm your house. Keep south facing windows clear during the day and close your curtains directly after sunset to maximize this effect.

If you are planning to extend your home, think how you can make the most of the sun to warm your house when you need it.

2) Install Solar Power-- Solar water heating systems convert energy from the sun to heat water.

They work alongside your conventional water heater and can provide almost all of your hot water during the summer months.

3) Wait until you have a full load before using your washing machine.

Reduce the wash to a 30°C cycle and the amount of electricity saved (not to mention money) will be even higher. Modern washing machines are just as effective at lower temperatures.

Avoid tumble drying - outdoor line dried clothes can smell fresher and save you money!

Use Computer The Way It Consumes Efficient Energy

No doubt each and every electronic device consumes energy and so does your personal computer. Surprised? Computer when starts, small surge of energy it consumes. However, it is less than the energy the system consumes while running for hours. If you are in a fix when to turn off your computer to save the energy, this blog contains certain guidelines to resolve your problem. You need to take into practice the following activities.

• Don't fail to turn off monitor, if PC is going to be unused for more than 20 minutes
• Be assured to turn off both CPU and monitor if PC is going to be unused for more than 2 hours.
• It essential to ensure that the monitors, printers, and other accessories are on a power strip/surge protector. One must turn off the power strip, when such equipment is not used for extended periods. Not doing so will continue to flow power even when the PC is shut off.
• Don't fail to unplug extra equipment if you don't make use of power strip.

Generally, you may often encounter heating problem in your PC. It is because, the device produces heat, and the more you leave it remain on, the heater it will be. Hence turn off your computer, it will help reduce build cooling loads and protects your PC from being damaged.

Use PC with Sleep Mode & Power Management Feature

The technology provides PC with sleep mode and power management feature. One who uses such PC is believed to save good amount on electricity bills each year. You too whenever buying a computer should ensure that it is equipped with power-down feature through operating system software or not.

Such monitors technically consume not more than 2 watts which is less than the sleep mode. Equipped with power management feature, a monitor goes into sleep mode automatically after a period of inactivity. More than that you can save energy by manually turning off monitor when it remains being unused.

Inactivate Screen Savers

Bear in mind that applying screen savers will not save energy. If you use screen saver, it means you have put your computer to consume more energy than it should actually. Also the activation of screen saver may disallow your power-down feature to function. The point is that you must completely avoid using screen savers if you use modern LCD color monitors.