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 User Rating Rate This | Set your clothes washer to the warm or cold water setting, not hot. Switching from hot to warm for two loads per week can save nearly 500 pounds of CO2 per year. , reserving hot water use only for heavily soiled clothes; about 1 year ago |
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 User Rating Rate This | Clean the lint filter in dryier each time. When it’s dirty you might use 30 percent more energy than when the lint trap is clean. about 1 year ago |
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 User Rating Rate This | anything that heats anything uses loads of electricity, this includes kettles, toasters, irons, hair driers, hair straighteners, clothes driers, washing machines. Use them smartly about 1 year ago |
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 User Rating Rate This | One thing that can help, is to unplug electrical items that you are not using, coffee pots, cell phone chargers, etc. Even though you might not be using them, they are still using juice when they are plugged in. about 1 year ago |
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 User Rating Rate This | Only wash and dry full loads of laundry - even with a short cycle those little loads suck up electricity! about 1 year ago |
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 User Rating Rate This | turn down the temperature on your freezer and refrigerator. about 1 year ago |
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 User Rating Rate This | Wash your dishes by hand! Why use the dishwasher? It wastes water, and electricity, plus mine does not work half of the time anyway. Air dry laundry outside, it cuts down on the dryer bill also. about 1 year ago |
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 User Rating Rate This | Switch off the computer monitor even when you take a one-minute break. It takes just a second to switch on the monitor again! about 1 year ago |
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 User Rating Rate This | Take shorter showers. Not only does this save water, but shorter showers = less time and energy needed to heat the water. It takes a lot of energy to heat up water. about 1 year ago |
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 User Rating Rate This | Turn off lights when your not using them. This means when your done with something unplug it, including appliances. about 1 year ago |