How to Save Energy

Everytime you save energy, you save money. Yes, that’s how it is. You also help lessen the demand for fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas. Reducing the burning of fossil fuels lowers carbon dioxide emissions, which is the main contributor to pollution and global warming. Now consumers have the absolute choice and power to change the way they use energy use through various energy saving measures. Simply by exercising only a few steps to conserving and saving energy, you are cutting annual human emissions by thousand pounds and your electricity bills by hundred dollars every month! What can you say about that? Talking about big amounts it should be great!

You can start by using your automobile not often. This is not impossible and certainly not difficult but the only problem is that people are so used to it that its absence is an inconvenience. But there are actually other simpler ways such as making use of public vehicles once in a while, bicycling or walking; everybody knows those are good exercise. Turn off lights during daytime and allow the natural solar light illuminate your office or room. Take time to look around your area and see if there are extra lights and other power supplied appliance/equipment that is not being used. You could save a lot of energy simply by unplugging few things. Turn your home/office refrigerator down. These appliances account to nearly 20% of the entire household usage of electricity. Make use of a thermometer to set refrigerator temperature about 37 degrees and your freezer on the point of 3 degrees as it’s possible. Make sure you turned on the energy saver switch. Check also the gaskets around its doors and make sure they are sealed tightly and clean. Choose energy-efficient labels/models for your new appliances or when you replace old appliances. Always look for “Energy Star” labels. It is your primary assurance that the product can save energy and also prevent pollution. Buy products equally sized to your particular needs and not necessarily the biggest/largest one available. Do not front load your washing machine as it usually cuts hot water use to around 60 to 70 percent compared to standard machines. Replace an old refrigerator with a new model with an energy-efficient label. It will save you big. Buy light bulbs. The compact fluorescent kinds are really good energy savers. They are a smart way to save energy at your home especially in the long run. Buying compact fluorescent bulbs are very energy-efficient. Although they cost more at the start, they can really save you money in the long run just by using only a quarter of the energy of ordinary incandescent bulb that can around 9-12 times longer. They also provide equivalent amount of light. The good thing is that only 10 percent of energy consumed by a typical light bulb generates the light. If every household replace just one of its standard light bulbs with an energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulb, they could save about 260 pounds of CO2 per year. Think about that.