Turning off lights when they are not needed is an easy way to save energy. Some ideas to think about:
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Electric or gas clothes dryers use a lot of energy and are hard on clothing, making the clothes wear out sooner. If I dry a load of towels in the dryer, the thick lint on the dryer filter means my towels are wearing out quickly. Air drying is much easier on clothing and saves a lot of energy. In many areas of the world, outdoor clothes drying is very effective during some seasons of the year. Clothes, towels, and sheets dried outdoors in the sun always smell wonderful when I bring them inside. When we moved to our current house a few years ago, I thought I understood that our neighborhood did not allow outdoor clotheslines. I recently decided to try to get permission from our homeowner’s association for an outdoor clothesline. It looks like I will be successful if I choose one that can be removed after each use. I made the request on the neighborhood social media site to give others the idea to try an outdoor clothesline.
Clothing can also be air-dried inside your home if you have a space with reasonably good airflow. You can purchase small drying racks or install a rod for hangers. Some items, such as heavy blue jeans, might not dry quickly enough inside your home. For these items, I use the electric clothes dryer to partially dry the items and then hang them on my drying rack. The electric dryer operates about half the time it would if I dried the clothing completely in the dryer, so I am still saving a lot of energy. A fan can help in many ways on a hot summer day. Even if you have an air conditioner, a fan can help you save energy. While a fan doesn’t cool the air, the air blowing across your skin makes you feel cooler, so you can set the thermostat a little higher and still be comfortable. If it’s cooler outside than inside, a fan can help pull cooler air into the house. And a fan can help circulate the air in a room to keep the temperature more uniform. Ceiling fans are becoming more popular again because they keep the air circulating in a room, making it feel cooler. Ceiling fans should be set to rotate one way in summer and the opposite way in winter. Yes, a ceiling fan helps with energy savings in the winter, too, by pulling the warm air back down from the ceiling into the lower parts of the room where the people are. Here’s a link to a site that explains how to set up a ceiling fan for each season.
https://www.thesimpledollar.com/save-money/ceiling-fan-hacks-save-big-on-energy-use/ |
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