June 29, 2010
Fun Conservation Facts
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How many times have you entered a room and noticed lights or other electronic equipment that have been left on? Have you ever walked into a bathroom and noticed water dripping from a faucet?
Here are a few fun facts to consider as you look around your house or purchase new appliances.
- Leaving the computer or video games on pause or in the sleep mode uses electricity, turning them off still uses electricity as Pham tom energy loss. Plug electronics into a power strip and turn off the power strip when not in use to save energy and money.
- A high definition television uses six times as much energy as a regular digital television.
- Have dusty light blubs? That dust is blocking about half the light that light blub produces.
- A dripping hot water faucet leaking just one drop per second will waste 165 gallons of water per month, more that a typical person uses in a two week period.
- Using incandescent light blubs in your light fixtures? Only 10% of the electrical energy used is actually going towards light, the other 90% is wasted in the amount of heat that incandescent blub creates.
- Compact fluorescent light blubs can last up to 4 years and uses about 75% less energy than an incandescent light blub. Remember to recycle compact fluorescent light blubs as they contain mercury.
- A small 1/16 of an inch crack around a window frame can allow as much cold air into the house as leaving the window open 3 inches. Caulking around windows and doors saves energy and your money.
- Many energy smart refrigerators use less electricity than an incandescent light blub.
- If you're doing your dishes by hand you are wasting money and energy. An automatic dishwasher uses less hot water than you doing dishes by hand, on average 2,000 gallons per year less.
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