Help on saving energy costs?
What are your ideas on how to save energy?
How can cities save money on energy costs?
Just looking for ideas.
The link below talks about how some cities are starting to save energy. Please read it and give your ideas. mmmmmmmmmm, let me think on energy saving techniques or energy saving methods which means to me energy efficiency methods.
1) Using energy efficient light bulbs which save a lot of money from th electrical bills - museums, galleries, libraries, colleges, nurseries, civil service departments, police stations. bus stations or any other large building in cities throughout the world can start to save a lot of money.
2) Teach children in schools to switch off the TV, radio, CD player, computers and etc and do not leave it on standby.
3) In Sydney in Australia - they use doubledecker carriages in the Metro or Subway or underground for their transportation to carry more passengers instead having more underground train trips as well as cutting on the congestion of cars and trams which uses a lot electricity or fuels from the cars.
4) In colder regions in the world - better insulation like double glazing or trible glazing windows to prevent heat loss as well as saving a lot of money on the gas boilers for warming the water for a hot shower or bath.
5) Loft insulation in the roof areas in the colder regions in the country.
6) Solar panelling roofing in every homes in the country to produce electricity for the National Grid.
7) Hung out your clothes to dry instead of using the Tumble Dryer as welll as saving electricity and money as well.
8) Using winding technology to produce electricity for laptop and charging the mobile phone which takes 5 minutes winding.
9) Use Sunroof for natural lighting in the houses.
10) When washing dishes by hand, fill a bowl with warm water and a little detergent, washing the 'cleaner' items first. Use cold water for rinsing.
11) If you use a dishwater, wait until it is full before using it. Don't be tempted by the 'half-load' facility, as it is nowhere near as energy-efficient.
12) Use the 'economy' or 'eco' programme if your dishwater has one. It will use less electricity and take less time.
13) Switch your dishwater off completely when it has finished; it is still consuming electricity on stand-by.
14) If you switch off the machine and open the door when the dishwater enters its 'drying phase', the dishes will dry naturally, saving a considerable amount of energy.
15) wait until hot food has cooled down before putting it into the fridge.
16) Don't keep the fridge door open any longer than necessary because the motor of the fridge starts consumes alot of electricity trying to remain cool.
17) Keep fridges and freezers well away from heat sources such as cookers, dishwaters, and washing machines - proper kitchen designs implementation on building new homes.
18) If possible, site fridges and freezers out of direct sunlights, as your appliance will use more energy trying to keep cool in the sun.
19) Try and keep your fridge and freezer full; they will use less electricity.
20) If you freezer isn't full, fill empty spaces with scrunched-up or bubble wrap to stop warm air circulating when it is opened.
21) Defrost food by putting it in the fridge the night before you want to use it. This will cool the fridge down and reduce its power consumption.
22) Keep the metal grids (condenser coils) at the back of fridges and freezers clean and dust-free, and not jammed up against the wall; this allows the air to circulate more easily around them, and makes them more efficient. Also a chest freezer uses less electricity than a front-opening model because the cold air doesn't fall out every time the freezer is opened.
23) If you have a fitted kitchen with a built-in fridge or freezer, make sure there is ample ventilation to allow for air circulation around the condenser coils.
24) Defrost the fridge and freezer regularly. If the ice inside gets more than 5mm thick, the appliances become inefficient.
25) Consider buying an energy-efficient freezer to replace older appliances. You should recover the cost remarkably quickly.
26) Check the door seals on your fridge and freezer: shut the door on a £5 note. If you can pull it out easily, or if your seals are damaged, they need replacing. Please also note that a new 'A' energy-rated fridge consumes about one third of the electricity of some of the older models.
27) If there's nobody in the room, or the room is bright enough without having lights on, switch the lights off. Get into the habit; it costs nothing and is really simple and effective.
28) Have Candlelit suppers for romantic occasions.
29) Take control of your heating. Consider turning down the thermostat controlling the temperature of your room or house by 1 Celsius. You will have eithere a single control at a central position such as in the hall, or thermostats attached to the individual heaters or radiators.
30) Turn radiators off or down in rooms you only use occasionally. please note warning - if you are elderly or infirm, try to keep your room temperatures at least 18 celsius, and your living room and bathroom about 21 celsius.
31) You don't necessarily need to turn up the heating for babies; a room temperature of about 16 celsius - 20 celsius is ideal.
32) Turn down the thermostat when you are going away on holiday: 5 celsius will prevent pipes bursting in cold weather.
33) Set the timer for your heating system so that it comes on about 30 minutes before you get up, or when you come home in the evening. Switch the heating off about half hour before you leave in the morning or go to bed.
34) If you use plug-in electric heaters such as bar heaters, oil filled radiators or panel heaters, use them sparingly as they are very expensive to run. Please note that just lowering the temperature of your thermostat by 1 celsius can reduce your energy bill by 10%.
35) Move furniture away from any radiators or heaters, to allow heat to get out into the room.
36) If you are too hot in your room, turn the heating down or off rather than opening a window.
37) Rather than turn up the heat, put on an extra layer of clothes.
38) draw curtains over windows at night; they provide insulation and help to keep the heat in the room.
39) If your curtains over windows at night; they provide insulation and help to keep the heat in the room.
40) If your curtains are thin, line them with thicker fuffy materials, such as brushed cotton, to help keep the heat in.
41) Open the curtains during the day if the sun is shining on your windows, and let the sun heat your room. Keeping our homes warm during the winter months accounts for about two thirds of our household energy bills.
42) Avoid covering radiators with curtains - they will funnel the heat out through the glass of the windows. Tuck them in behind, to enable the radiator heat to come into the room.
43) If you do not have double-glazing, you can reduce your heat loss by putting cling film over each window pane. It works very well, will reduce noise coming through the window, and should last the whole of a winter.
44) Keep external doors shut.
45) Buy and fit a draught excluder to your letterbox. They only cost a couple of pounds, but make a big difference.
46) Fit draught excluders to external doors and windows. Foam strips are cheap, but if you can afford it, buy the longer-lasting rubber or plastic systems. You may not want to do this in your bathroom or kitchen if you have problems with condensation. Make sure you still have sufficient ventilation. Please note - warning - Don't block up air vents or grills in walls if you have an open gas fire, a boiler with an open flue, or a solid fuel fire or heater. These need sufficient ventilation to burn properly - otherwise highly poisonous carbon monoxide gas is released.
47) Stop draughts coming under skirting boards or through floorboards by filling the gaps with strips of wood, cork, or the correct sealant. Make sure you still have sufficient ventilation. Please note that about one quarter of all the energy we use to heat our homes escapes through single-glazed windows.
48) If your walls are not insulated, put some radiator foil between the radiators and the walls. It's cheap, very effective and easy to install. Actual radiator foil is best; it has a layer of insulation behind the alumination foil. Ordinary kitchen foil helps, but is less effective. Stick it to the wall with double-sided sticky pads, with the shiny side facing into the room.
49) Insulate your walls. If you have cavity walls, they are easy and quick to insulate, and in most cases it can be done in a day. Solid walls are insulated by placing cladding either inside or outside; it's more complex, but worthwhile, as solid walls lose more heat than cavity walls. There will probably be a grant available to help you pay for this.
50) Insulate your loft. This is probably one of the simplest and most effective methods of reducing your heat and energy loss. Loft insulation should be a minimum of 270mm thick. You can do it yourself. There are some very user-friendly materials available, but whichever insulation type you choose, protect yourself with appropriate clothing and a face mask. There will probably be a grant available to help you pay for the installation.
51) Fitted carpets with underlay will give you much more insulation than bare boards, and will stop draughts.
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