energy saving

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Ms Rae @carebear29 (32002) • Wausau, Wisconsin 20 Jan 18

Here are a bunch of energy saving tips to help you out on your energy bill. Feel free to comment more ways to save! 1. Wash your clothes in cold water 2. Install a programmable thermostat to save up to 10% on cooling and heating...

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Are You Too Hot?

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 23 Jun 16

Okay, quick check if you are too hot. Is the pilot light on your heat source shut off if it is gas powered? How hot is your hot water heater set for? Is it gas? Turn it to 120 F. You also help prevent accidental scalds. Do you...

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Uses of rice husk !

Chungshop @Chungshop (2355) 13 Jun 16

In some region like Asia rice is the main crops for most farmer. @103 The rice husk [yellow/gold] is the outermost layer of the paddy grain that is separated from the rice grains during the milling process. Around 20% of paddy...

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The plastic is trapping the sun.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 25 May 16

I am so very happy that I had the greenhouse at the terrace made. I am only unhappy that I didn´t do it a couple of months ago when autumn arrived. Today I woke up happier, with a much warmer house although I did not have the...

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Keeping warm by living inside a greenhouse

Janet Anderson @Auntylou (4262) • Oxford, England 29 Mar 16

Just watched a very interesting and inspiring video about a couple in Sweden who have built a greenhouse round their original summer house in the country round Stockholm. The costs of heating in the long cold winters has dropped...

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What a ludicrous European law

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 29 Feb 16

The European Union has introduced many strange regulations over the years, along with several realistic ones of course. However, it seems that a ban on traditional light bulbs has been in place for around 6 years now, but I only...

light bulb

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Are Medium sized LCD displays more energy efficient than small box type TV?

AkatsukIJSN @AkatsukIJSN (211) • Philippines 21 Jan 12

I know that this question is a bit off because salespersons always says that the new appliances are always more energy efficient than the old type. I saw our energy bill for the last month and it was really high. I tried to google...

Viva Las Vegas!

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 21 Nov 11

What term do you or your family and friends use as a funny way of saying there are too many lights on in the house? One friend's family say "Viva Las Vegas", another's say "Blackpool Illuminations" or "Is it Diwali...

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Hibernation Is Better Than Shut Down

mturacom @mturacom (632) • India 16 Apr 11

I started this discussion to make everyone aware of advantages of hibernation. Hibernation is a state in which the contents of RAM (session) is saved on hard drive and computer is turned off. Hibernation doesn't consume any...

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Energy - star home appliances

swetashah @swetashah (345) • United States 7 Aug 10

As the government advertising, we, average American citizen should go for energy saving star home appliances to save the consumption of energy. I absolutely agree with this idea, and we should more than happy if we can save a buck...

appliances

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Using the cold air from the basement to cool upstairs

Hoot61 @Hoot61 (13) • United States 5 Jun 10

I have a finished basement that I spend a lot of time in. In the summer, when I have the AC on in the house the basement gets WAY colder than the upstairs. Sometimes I wish I has fans in the basment ceiling that could pump cool...

air conditioning costs

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do you have a certain wash day?

ersanmiguel @ersanmiguel (476) • Philippines 28 Apr 10

Mine is on Saturdays and i'm the one who is in charge. I know others would do it on random days and on the wash-your-own clothes basis especially if the kids are all grown up. You think it's energy saving? Well i'll be glad if...

complete set of uniform

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No more clothes dryers for me!

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 10 Nov 09

I was readinbg the post about soap here and thought that I hadn´t shared the lots I save by not using the dryer. I have hangers, one for each garment I wash. I hang them as soon as the washing cycle finishes. If there is sun, I...

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Energy saving trend, would you follow the main stream?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 3 Sep 09

I guess we all learn our lessons on saving energy means saving your wallet. Learning to save and use green energy is our future goal. Would you follow the main stream, and switch over to energy saving trend? For instance, car...

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For energy saving, which lighting product you prefer?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 30 Jul 09

In America, after this economic crisis, we all learn to be living frugal, money saving. Especially on utility bills, we all have to be money - saving savvy. Many manufacturers have recent products aim at this goal, such as energy...

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Energy service companies to help save energy

Zhu Huifen @zhuhuifen46 (3483) • China 5 Apr 09

Hospitals here are signing contracts with energy service companies not only for routine utility service, but also for energy saving renovation projects to be invested by the latter, but benefits shared by both. Such projects are...

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I Know, I Know, Hubby does it/Boyfriend Does it>

Chevee @Chevee (5905) • United States 14 Dec 08

I can't find my favorite handyman. My front porch light is not working, I changed the bulb and put in one of those energy saving light bulbs, I heard a little sizzling sound and the light went out. I tried the regular bulb...

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Tips to reduce your consumption of water &energy

sunsham68 @sunsham68 (1376) • India 3 Dec 08

Hey people, lets work together to sustain energy. Here are some simple and doable tips, hope you will follow a few of them at least! Stop the water when you brush your teeth / soap hands to wash/ shave Turn off appliances...

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What is the best thing you've done to save the planet?

ranjetjoy @ranjetjoy (129) • Philippines 29 Nov 08

for me Recycling. i like ti think that we are quite good at it. we don't use water when we don't need to, we use energy-saving light bulbs, and we always re-use our plastic bags.

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Energy saving....

diutay @diutay (1327) • Philippines 22 Nov 08

Our company offered us some incentives in order to cut down the expenses on electricity. So far we've been keeping the use of computers at a minimum and putting off the lights in some areas not...

electricity

energy saving

saving tips

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