Comments on: Reducing home electricity consumption – simple steps http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20080128/reducing-home-electricity-consumption-simple-steps/ Hints, tips and discussions on reducing your impact on the environment. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Smart Energy Today http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20080128/reducing-home-electricity-consumption-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 Smart Energy Today Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:00:38 +0000 http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20080128/reducing-home-electricity-consumption-simple-steps/#comment-2930 Great job on reducing your electricity usage. We have also over the last 4 years reduced our electricity usage by 50% using some of the methods that you have tried. Some additional tips for your readers that helped us reduce our electricity usage: 1. Installing a programmable thermostat - allows you to set the temperature back at night and when you are not home. 2. Replace washer and dryer with more efficient front load models. Use a lot less water and the high spin of the washer means less drying time. 3. Wash cloths in warm or cold water - This cuts down on your hot water costs significantly. Great job on reducing your electricity usage. We have also over the last 4 years reduced our electricity usage by 50% using some of the methods that you have tried.

Some additional tips for your readers that helped us reduce our electricity usage:

1. Installing a programmable thermostat – allows you to set the temperature back at night and when you are not home.

2. Replace washer and dryer with more efficient front load models. Use a lot less water and the high spin of the washer means less drying time.

3. Wash cloths in warm or cold water – This cuts down on your hot water costs significantly.

]]> By: Damon Hart-Davis http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20080128/reducing-home-electricity-consumption-simple-steps/comment-page-1/#comment-1451 Damon Hart-Davis Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:47:09 +0000 http://www.low-impact.net/index.php/20080128/reducing-home-electricity-consumption-simple-steps/#comment-1451 Hi, Measuring is indeed the key. Here was our experience on the other side of the planet from you... http://www.earth.org.uk/saving-electricity.html Do keep trying for that solar DHW: it's the best bang for your buck in terms of CO2 emissions even with your nominally-green electricity (so you 'brown' less of the supply for others as it were), and it's what I am planning next. Rgds Damon Hi,

Measuring is indeed the key. Here was our experience on the other side of the planet from you…

http://www.earth.org.uk/saving-electricity.html

Do keep trying for that solar DHW: it’s the best bang for your buck in terms of CO2 emissions even with your nominally-green electricity (so you ‘brown’ less of the supply for others as it were), and it’s what I am planning next.

Rgds

Damon

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