Top Green electricity tips that can conserve energy and lower costs.
To begin you should audit your home and lifestyle. A home energy audit is a way to inventory your home's energy use, where energy is lost, and where it can be saved. You can do an energy audit yourself or get a pro. Many utilities also offer home and business energy audits free. American homes consume around six times the world average. Homes consume a vast amount of energy. Home audits provide simple solutions that can reduce your electricity bill. Below are other useful tips to start cutting electrical costs:
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Reduce your consumption
Use bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) or even light emitting diodes (LEDs).
Turn off lights and other electrical devises when not in use.
Avoid using electronics on a standby setting; they continue to use a electricity even when "turned off."
AC adaptors on many power cables, pull currents, they should be removed from the wall when not in use or
utilize a power strip that can be turned off at night.
Clothes driers consume a lot of power, so line dry clothes to save energy.
Keep your house cool with natural ventilation
Use house fans to move air throughout the house
Block direct sunlight during hot hours
Wrap electrical water heaters with an insulating blanket
Buy smart
Look for new energy-efficient appliances
Electronics like computers and audio equipment can be big power suckers, reduce the use.
Be smart with lighting.
Install home alternative energy systems. Photovoltaic, or solar electric, systems are the most common.
Wind turbines help circulate the air, thus, keeping the house cooler.
Charge up your electronic toys with solar energy.
Build new homes around energy efficiency to bring in enormous savings.
Sign up for green power. Getting green power may be as easy as checking a box on your energy bill. About 600 of the US's 6,000 power utilities offer a green power option of one kind or another. In this sort of program, the local utility buys renewable energy (wind, solar, etc.) and then passes it along to customers.
Buy renewable energy credits. The most recognized certifier of RECs is Green-e, an independent, non-profit group that verifies renewable energy credits and certifies that they are what they claim to be.
