Monday, November 29, 2010

Why to conserve electricity?

Monday, November 29, 2010 | Posted by Unknown | | Edit Post

Unplug when not in use!!

Most visitors to Live Green Life come looking for ways to save energy in their homes - and many of those want to save electricity. We've had over 425 pageviews in the past one months, and more than half of those were on pages covering electricity use - from air conditioners to electric heaters to fridges to freezers to lighting.

Why are people so eager to save electricity? Is it because costs keep rising? Is it because the economic downturn is making people more focused on cutting costs? Or are people motivated by concerns over climate change, pollution, or dependence on foreign energy imports?

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Our family wanted to switch to solar electric power, to cut the CO2 emissions and nuclear waste produced on our behalf by our utility. Since cutting use up front means you don't have to spend as much on solar panels, we cut out the fat and got our use down to half what it was before. Then we realized that we could just buy our power from a green electricity supplier, and still wind up paying less, even with the green energy premium, than we used to pay before when we used more. So we were motivated both by environmental and money concerns.

What is your motivation for wanting to save electricity? Is it:

• Wanting to cut back on smog in the air you breathe?
• Opposition to nuclear power?
• CO2 emissions and climate change?
• Struggling to make ends meet?

Let us know your motivations, and what you're doing (or planning to do) to save electricity. By filling out the form below, you'll get your own web page on our site, complete with your idea and any comments others care to add. You can also comment on other people's submissions - just click on someone else's submission below to rate it or add a comment. To backup us follow us on facebook. click on the like button right under this post !

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Save Electricity! Resources are Precious.

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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Save Electricity @ your house

Sunday, October 31, 2010 | Posted by Unknown | | Edit Post

Saving Should start at your doorstep. These are simple and ordinary steps by which you can save power consumption by 20-30% at your house.

• Switch off lights, fans and other gadgets when not required.
• Don’t even leave your computer or TV on standby.
• Use a liquid crystal flat screen monitor for your computer or TV, it uses ¼ of the power of a tube monitor and is better for the eyes
• Don’t set your washing machine for a hot water wash-90% of the energy used in operating a washing machine goes toward heating the water that washes and rinses the cloths. Use warm or cold water instead.
• Set the AC in the economy mode so that it switches off when the room cools to the required temprature
• Don’t set the thermostat of your refrigerator too high. Lowering the temperature even one degree can make a difference
• Buy energy efficient home appliances like LED lights and CFL lights.
• If you can’t switch to solar water heaters, get timers for your geysers

These are simple ways where we are careless and loose most of our money. So follow these steps and contribute towards conservation !!

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