Saving Energy

The products listed at left are a few more ways to save or reclaim energy or water.

To reiterate suggestions we've provided on other pages:

Consider using a clothesline instead of a clothes dryer.
Turn lights off when you are not using them!
Replace older incandescent fixtures with compact fluorescent lights.
Manage your thermostat wisely. Don't overheat in winter and overcool in winter. As a rule of thumb the energy required is measured by the square of the difference between inside and outside temperature. This means a 4 degree difference is a power factor of 16 and an 8 degree difference is a power factor of 64! The bigger the difference the more energy required.
Windows:
- Use insulating curtains
- chalk drafts
- use temporary shrink-plastic window applications to make a storm window
Close off rooms and areas of your house you don't use. If there's no door, even a thin plastic drop sheet will make a barrier to heat and cold.
Avoid Phantom loads,
- use power bars to turn things completely off,
- if you're designing a home or cottage add switches for all your kitchen's electrical plugs
- don't design light switches to turn on multiple lights each time if you probably only need one.
- don't leave those "wall warts" or cube transformers plugged in when you're not using them.
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