There are a lot of talk about going green, energy saving and environmentally friendly and such, but what really works? Indeed – the energy saving tips or ideas for going green job? What ideas of energy conservation work quickly and are practically guaranteed to save money, and are also affordable for most people to do? Here’s my list of what I call 10 On the guarantees of energy savings that is proven to save energy and save money, and are also quite affordable for almost everyone to carry. I give this guarantee because I know that many people want to be green, but have a hard time to find a place that is affordable to start. 1 Lighting for families Recent growth of costs in electricity services have been cut back, or changing how and what we are light. To get the most from your lighting: a. Replace power all lamps light inkandeshente efficient CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lights) b. Reduce the load using outdoor lighting solar lighting streets and super bright solar lights c. Solar Install skylights to allow natural light into dark areas of a normal home. Change of use CFL lighting and allowing more natural light to enter a home to provide energy savings. 2 Doors and windows To improve the efficiency of windows and doors in your house or apartment, the following proposals are affordable enough to consider if you own or rent: a. Project defect on the outer door: - Modern doors, adjust the threshold to reduce the gap between the bottom of the door and threshold. - On older doors, install weather to sign removal cracks in the bottom of the door when the door is closed. b. Installing weather all sides and remove the top of all exterior doors. c. To improve the efficiency of the window: Installing a storm any available window. - If the storm windows are not available, but mobile screens installed, remove the screen, and then wrap them with plastic and replace windows. Two voice, all exterior cracks around window frames and siding home. 3 Installation of heat shrinkable plastic on the inside of the window. If you follow the guidelines for good sealing of doors and windows of your own, you are guaranteed to save energy. 3 ELECTRIC Dryer As for drying clothes is important, it is also a major source of lost energy. Dryer Energy fix includes: a. Install dryer vent seal. This eliminates the draft back to enter the house when the dryer is not used, and can easily return to their home heating and cooling costs by 10%. b. Do not run the dryer on icy winter nights or hot summer afternoons, because each time you run the dryer exhaust and outside air, the same amount of air is sucked into your home. By installing a dryer vent seal and dryer running when outdoor temperatures are in contradiction with its extremes of internal temperature, your energy savings are guaranteed. 4 Bathroom exhaust fans Exhaust fans are very useful in removing moisture and foul odors from your home, but they are major source of energy waste. To improve your performance: a. Install Intermatic, thirty to sixty minutes of each fan switch. This will ensure the exhaust fan does not work longer than necessary. exhaust fans are pulling unconditioned air outside your home while simultaneously exhausting air that you pay for heating or cooling. This process is necessary, but the goal is to reduce the amount of time to be just what you need. Performing these simple steps, you are guaranteed to save energy. 5 Computers and peripherals Computers may be able to shut down or hibernate, when he discovers that it is not used for some time, but your printer, sound system, disk backup, etc., to keep chugging away at your energy homes 24 hours a day, forever. To solve these problems, or at least minimize their impact: a. installation of energy saving smart strip for computers and similar devices. Smart tape device senses when you shut down your computer and then close all your other peripheral devices automatically. b. If you have a habit of going to your computer when not in use, can work to improve awareness of their habits and turn your computer off more frequently, or set your computer to hibernate or sleep for two hours or more more. Tests showed that I ran just a computer wont turn off more frequently, using a smart strip, to reduce energy consumption by at least $ 25. 00 Installing smart strip for your computer and you are guaranteed to save energy. 6 Refrigerators and freezers Refrigerator and freezer last 24 hours a day, forever, and even small improvements make a difference about how often these facilities running. energy saving fix for this position is twofold: a. Remove fan cover on the bottom of the unit and clean all dust and dirt from refrigerator coils. b. Keep your refrigerator and freezer full as possible. Using a combination of zip-lock bags or Tupperware bowls, store extra ice, frozen vegetables, frozen fruit, bread, water jugs, etc., so there is less empty space. After cleaning the coil, the unit will run less, and fill the empty space with a solid object, the unit will run even less. When these two ideas are used together, the unit runs less, releases less heat in the kitchen, and even reduces the load on air-conditioned home. Energy savings are guaranteed. 7 Heating and air conditioning To reduce the amount of energy is wasted heating and cooling your Seal leaks a. - 1 Forced Air Systems – while the system works, follow the main line of the channel and either use the back of the hand or stick, smoke to find areas where the air is escaping from the canal system and to seal those leaks with foil tape . . . Not that gray duct tape. - Two hot water or steam – insulate pipes with foam insulation, and are particularly valuable where the pipeline passes near basement window and door areas. b. Performing an annual cleaning. - An oil and coal heating systems have a capacity to generate a lot of soot. It is vital that your boiler and chimney cleaned annually cleaned every year. Removing soot from the boiler, boilers, and improve capacity to absorb heat and keeping chimneys clean, and improve air flow which allows fuel to burn hotter and cleaner. - Two air conditioning systems and heat pumps air-source require annual maintenance. Coils should be cleaned, should be regulated cooling costs and routine maintenance should be performed. Be careful about performing preventive maintenance on heating and air conditioning system will not only extend the lifetime of the system, but your energy savings will be guaranteed. 8 WATER Your savings can really grow up learning how to better preserve water. All energy saving benefits of reducing water use are even greater for those using wells and pumps to extract water in the first place. a. Replace your shower head with shower to save energy by using less than the standard 5 second 5-3 liters of water per minute. Many models are available for use earlier 5-1. 75 gallons per minute, while covering the whole body, and pressure, while the shower. By reducing the amount of water used as a screen, you can use energy to heat your water can be reduced drastically, plus it will help eliminate water heater or furnace is running out of hot water enough so that a person can be right after you shower. b. Locate the nearest source sink with hot water and used to sink whenever you need to wash your hands. You will have hot water fast and will leave less hot water stands in pipes. By becoming more aware that you may lose your more heated using water bath and left away from being the only cool your pipes, you can simply change a few habits that are guaranteed to help you save energy. Ceiling fans 9 Fans are often associated with cooling thing only, but rather can be defined as a tool to help move air from one place to another. It works for both cold or hot air. a. In winter, set the fan switch back to position and keep up the low speed setting. This will do is to gently push any air from the ceiling heat and power it down along the walls on the first floor where you want. Since the fan pushes air around the perimeter of the room, you will feel the breeze or draft in the process. b. During the summer, set the fan switch in position upside down and use low or medium speed setting. This will help keep the room is stale and will prevent hot air from building up near the ceiling, and will allow air to mix well and cool naturally. Meanwhile, since the fan blowing air straight down, you will feel the wind, and you will feel cooler as the wind from the fan helps your sweat evaporates from the skin. When we have the advantage of using ceiling fans to better distribute our air hot or cold, increase our overall level of comfort, while the amount of energy we use is declining. This situation is more comfortable guaranteeing energy savings. 10 Clothing and apparel Learning how to dress themselves better, we can learn to live more comfortably at home, using less energy to air condition our homes. a. During cold weather conditions, must wear socks, long pants and long sleeve shirts in your home. No need to add more layers (unless you want), but simply to ensure that you protect your exposed skin from “Sketches”, you will feel more comfortable at lower temperatures. Then, lowering your thermostat to 50-10 degrees, you can save from 10% to 20% more energy. b. During warmer weather, especially at night, remove your socks, shorts and wear short sleeve shirts. If you exercise at home or come home hot and sweaty, give yourself a few minutes to cool slightly and then change their shirts or pants with something fresh and light. This will allow you to maintain a higher temperature at home and reduce your cost of air conditioning. There is often too great a tendency to a thermostat in the winter months instead of dressing efficiently. If you walk around your house in winter in your underwear, you’re going to be cooler and you can pick up the thermostat or put on more clothes. An alternative is to waste energy and guarantee the energy savings. The general message is no different from what our grandparents say “penny saved is a penny earned.” As we have learned not to lose, we can give themselves salary increases. This is a great incentive, and if you agree with reports on global warming or believe that you have to keep drilling or not, but most of us agree that we would like to have more money, so we are reducing waste We will have more money left to enjoy the things that are important to us.