Simple Ways to Save Energy

Conserving energy at home starts with turning off the lights, using energy efficient power settings and appliances and unplugging things not in use to prevent idle electricity use. By turning the energy flow off when it is not being used will result in massive amounts of energy saved over time.

Did You Know?

• All the refrigerators in the United States use more than half of all the power generated by nuclear power plants. Energy Star refrigerators cut down on energy use, and cuts costs by one-third to two-thirds, depending on the age of the original machine.
• Light use is accountable for about 20 percent of all energy consumed in the US.
• Efficient, compact fluorescent bulbs last five times longer, and consume 70 percent less energy than conventional bulbs.
• By leaving computer monitors on overnight, or not having them on energy saving modes, nine million tons of carbon dioxide emissions are wasted every year.
• A dishwasher uses 80 percent of its energy for heating water; a washing machine about 90 percent.
• If every American turned their water heater by ten degrees, 45 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions would be saved every year.
• The bulk of a household utility bill is due to heating and cooling- about 43 percent.
• Heating and cooling systems emit 150 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year.
• Turning down the thermostat five to ten degrees every night will reduce heat energy use, and costs, by five to ten percent.
• Updating or fortifying home insulation, taking advantage of solar heat or shade, and weather stripping can cut down on heating and cooling energy use

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