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Green Living: 10 Tips To Save Energy At Home.
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Sep 29 2011 08:00 PM | godarna in Green Living
We talk a lot about green living nowadays, but do you realize that green living starts at home?Here are some useful tips to save energy:
- Use energy saving lights instead of ordinary bulbs, you save energy and the light is dimmer and thus more pleasant for your eyes.
- Do not let your electronic appliances as TV, DVD player, video, stereo set, computer, printer on standby. Use power strips with on/off switch to disconnect all apparatus with one simple click.
- Do not forget to switch off the lights in those rooms you do not frequently use at night.
- Do not place a refrigerator or freezer in direct sunlight or close to another heat source. Put them at least 10 cm from the wall for good airing. Defrost periodically and open the door as shortly as possible.
- Air dry your dishes, instead of using the dishwasher’s drying cycle.
- Use a LCD screen, as it is more economical than plasma.
- Set the thermostat of your central heating at night to 15 or 16 degrees, and do this at least half an hour before going to bed. The heat will keep the living warm for a while. When you leave your home turn the thermostat down.
- Air the living, even in winter, for at least 15 minutes every morning by opening a window, even when it rains. The fresh air is easier to heat. Of course turn down the thermostat while airing.
- Do not hide radiators behind long curtains, they block the heat radiation, and close your curtains at night, they reduce the impact of drafts.
- Close gaps in windows and doors with isolation strips, and isolate pipelines that run through your house, so they will not lose their heat easily.
