Everyday energy saver tips:
LIGHTS: Turn them off when you leave a room. A 100-watt bulb left on eight hours a day burns $30.00 worth of electricity a year. Switching to CFL (Compact fluorescent lamp) Bulbs decreases the amount of energy used. The bonus; you can save $30-$60 on electricity during its lifetime-and it keeps 1 ton of global warming pollution out of the air! CAR: Running a car emits more pollutants than restarting it would, so if you stop for more than a minute, turn off the engine. "Parents waste gas idling in car-pool lanes for 20 minutes". COMPUTERS: Program it to "sleep" after 20 minutes of nonuse, which can cut power demand by up to 90 percent. Avoid screen savers-those moving images on your monitor can cost an extra $50 or more of electricity per year! Plug televisions, computer equipment, game consoles and stereos into power strips that can be switched off at night or when not in use. Even when you thnk these products are off, together, their standby consumption can be equivalent to that of a 60 watt light bulb running continuously. |