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[4 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]
Electric Tankless Water Heaters – Energy Efficient Water Heating

What Are Electric Tankless Water Heaters?
There comes a time when you must finally give up your energy wasting, outdated water heaters. The huge, tank style electric and gas water heaters are becoming a thing of the past. Innovations in this area are turning up some great alternatives to how people are going about heating household water use, and consequently reducing energy bills as well. Some things you can expect with the installation of a tankless water heater are:

Huge savings on your energy bill – in some cases you may save …

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[20 Jun 2008 | 2 Comments | ]

Energy Efficiency In The Home and Cutting Your Energy Bill
Statistics say that one of the leading causes of environmental damage from individuals is energy waste. Aside from that is the amount of money wasted on energy each and every minute of every day!
The average household wastes $300 dollars a year in energy. Whether in the form of lights, heat loss, dripping faucets or heating when the home is empty. Inefficient furnaces, air conditioners and other forms of climate control can wreak havoc on your utility bills, and have a …

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[7 Jun 2008 | No Comment | ]

How To Save Energy In The Laundry Room

Use cold water to do your washes
Always was full loads
Buy eco-friendly, phosphate free laundry detergent
Dry your clothes outside in fair weather
Dry your clothes on racks inside when there is poor weather

There have been many developments in laundry soap over the last few years. Scientists have been developing laundry detergents that work very well in cold water. Water heating is a major contributor to energy use in the average household. The ability to use cold water for laundry removes a large …

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[3 Jun 2008 | 3 Comments | ]
Green Eco Friendly Household Lighting – Compact Fluoresent Light Bulbs

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs – Eco-friendly and Energy Saving Hosehold Lighting
Electric lighting burns somewhere between 20% and 30% of the energy used in the average household. A great deal of the energy used to light incandescent bulbs is actually turned into heat, rather than light. Fluorescent lighting is far more efficient, and most of the energy used to power fluorescents is actually turned into light, rather than heat.
What Are Compact Fluorescents?
Compact fluorescents, or CFLs for short, are nothing more than miniature fluorescent bulbs designed to screw directly into any …

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[29 May 2008 | No Comment | ]

Are My Appliances Using Energy When They Are Off?
The short answer is yes. The average north American home is believed to waste at least 50 Watts of electricity constantly, even when appliances like tv’s and computers are turned off. This equals about 450 kilowatt hours per year. “Wasting electricity” and “phantom loads” cost us all, and in the end it costs the environment.
Most power supplies waste 20 to 30 percent of the energy they draw. As it would go, the majority of this loss is in the form …

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