Simple’s ways you can start Energy Savings at Home.

Oct 13
13:17

2014

Vincent Buyco

Vincent Buyco

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By doing these simple habits and changing to energy efficient products will save you more. You’ll see saving in your monthly bills. Come and see us at LEDLightEcoPlus.com products that will save your bills and energy. Businesses and individuals will save money and protect our climate through superior energy efficiency.

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New ENERGY STAR certified TVs save energy when they are off or on. The label can be found on standard size models all the way to large screen TVs and LED TVs with the latest features like 3D and internet connectivity.
Save Even More: Use console,Simple’s ways you can start Energy Savings at Home. Articles only when playing and avoid streaming content onto your TV.
Facts & Stats: Greenhouse gas savings would grow to 15 billion pounds per year if all certified TV models were sold in the U.S.
Choose an ENERGY STAR certified DVD or Blu-ray disc player. These use least energy while enjoying your favorite movies on a DVD or Blu-ray disc player. They are more efficient in all usage modes: sleep, idle, and on compared to standard models.
Save Even More: When DVD or Blu-ray disc player are turned off and not in use.
Facts & Stats: If every TV, DVD, and home theater system in U.S. were purchase certified, we could prevent more than 2.2 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year.
Check your HVAC system air filter. Change your air filter if necessary, especially during heavy use months. At a minimum, change the filter every 3 months. Air flow slows down with dirty filter and makes your system work harder to keep you comfortable.
Save Even More: Set your thermostat to save energy when you are asleep or away. Schedule a routine professional check up and tune up on your HVAC system.
Facts & Stats: About half of the utility bills go to heating and cooling. Average home spends more than $2,000 per year on utility bills.
Turn off lights and fans. When you're not in the room or don't need them. Making a habit you will start saving.
Save Even More: Use dimmer switches to control light needed in a room. Install lights with motion sensors if appropriate. Turn off fans when you're not using them.
Facts & Stats: Leaving one light on for 8 hours a day cost about $20.00 a year.
Plug electronics into a powerstrip. Plugging electronics into a powerstrip provides a convenient 'turn-on/turn-off' point, so you can be sure your products are only on when you are using them.
Save Even More: Start using powerstrip.
Facts & Stats: It cost $11 billion in annual U.S. energy for standby power.
Caulk and weather-strip around windows and doors. For air leakage around windows and doors use caulk and weather-stripping to stop the leaks.
Save Even More: After the sun goes down close shades and drapes to help improve insulation and prevent heat loss. Choose ENERGY STAR windows and doors when replacing the old one.
Facts & Stats: By air sealing their homes and adding insulation. Homeowners typically save up to $200 a year in heating and cooling costs.
Choose ENERGY STAR certified light bulbs / LED bulb (Replace 1 bulb). Replace 1 incandescent light bulb with an ENERGY STAR certified bulb or LED bulb.
Save Even More: Same brightness (lumens) with fewer watts. Change with LED bulb every broken bulb with higher lumen.
Facts & Stats: Every bulb change 75 percent less energy use and lasts 10-25 times longer.
Purchase ENERGY STAR certified decorative light strings. Planning decorating for the holidays or creating a warm atmosphere in your home, choose ENERGY STAR certified decorative light strings or LED lighting rope. Many ENERGY STAR light strings feature LED technology are energy efficient when producing individual colors and can use up to 90 percent less energy than incandescent.
Save Even More: Last up to 10 times longer, less energy use. Use new LED technology.
Facts & Stats: We would prevent 630 million pounds of annual greenhouse gas emissions if all decorative light strings sold in the US were ENERGY STAR certified or LED String / LED rope,
Choose ENERGY STAR light fixtures / LED lighting. Choose from different  attractive design and highest levels of efficiency.
Save Even More: Replacing five fixtures in your home could save you $75 a year in utility bills. Produce much less heat. Less bulb maintenance. Performance and savings independently, and improved color and quality of light.
Facts & Stats: We would prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 10 million cars. If five most frequently used light fixtures were replace with ENERGY STAR
Choose an ENERGY STAR certified dishwasher. A dishwasher that has earned the ENERGY STAR gets your dishes clean while using less water and energy, and costs.
Save Even More: Don't rinse, scrape dirty dishes. Instead heat drying use air dry setting. Wash in full loads. Replacing your old dishwasher with Energy Star certified dishwasher cost less than $35.00 a year to run. 
Facts & Stats: Average US households run their dishwashers about 4 times per week, for a total of over 200 times per year.
Choose an ENERGY STAR certified refrigerator. With recent improvements in insulation and compressors, today's refrigerators use much less energy than older models. These refrigerators can maximize your energy and saves. Enjoy the features you want.
Save Even More: Replacing a 10-year-old refrigerator for bigger savings. Recycle your old refrigerator. Maintain your refrigerator coils clean. Keeping refrigerator full it help maintain cold and better than an empty one, which means the compressor turns on less often. Lessen the number of times you open your refrigerator and freezer doors.
Facts & Stats: Greenhouse gas savings would grow to 19 billion pounds per year If all refrigerators use in U.S. were ENERGY STAR certified.
Choose an ENERGY STAR certified clothes washer. Purchasing a new clothes washer, consider one that's earned the ENERGY STAR. Certified models feature sophisticated wash systems that can help you reduce related energy and water costs.
Save Even More: Larger tub capacity means fewer loads. Less residual moisture reduces drying time and energy.
Facts & Stats: The average American family washes about 300 loads of laundry each year. ENERGY STAR washer use 35 percent less energy and water.
Programmable thermostat. Can help you save energy when you're asleep or away from home if set or use properly. Use the thermostat's pre-programmed energy-saving set points as a guide, setting the temperature back in the winter and up in the summer. When in vacation set to maintain energy-saving temperatures when you are out for several days.
Save Even More: Close windows when running your heater or air conditioning.
Facts & Stats: Appropriate use of programmable thermostats can save about $180 every year in energy costs.
ENERGY STAR certified Gas Storage Water Heater. There are 27 million households with a storage water heater that’s more than 10 years old, replacing it with a model that has earned the ENERGY STAR for lower utility bills and peace of mind. This gas storage water heater can save about $460 over its lifetime.
Save Even More: Cover and insulate hot water pipes, as well as the first 5-10 feet of cold water supply to the water heater. Sealing and insulating hot water pipes with ENERGY STAR can help you save up to 10% on your energy bill. Set your water heater thermostat at 120 degrees or lower. Before going on vacation set to lower temperature on your gas water heater or turn off electric heaters.
Facts & Stats: ENERGY STAR certified gas storage is about 15 percent more efficient than standard models. Setting your water heater thermostat at 120 degrees F or lower in this way you'll reduce the amount of energy it takes to produce and maintain your hot water by not overheating it. It’s the second largest energy expenditure behind heating and cooling. Average household spends more than $250 per year on water heating.
Turn the water off when not needed. Turn off water while applying soap / cleansing hands, shaving or brushing your teeth to save water and energy. Even cold water requires energy to pump and treat.
Save Even More: Install and use a low flow showerhead. Don't rinse dishes before putting in dishwasher.
Facts & Stats: Turning the water off when brushing teeth, applying hand soap / cleaning, and shaving also helps preserve our nation's water resources.
Fix leaky faucets. Hot water faucet leaking in the kitchen and bathroom need to repair. A gallon of water can be wasted because a leaky faucet, plus the energy that it takes to heat the make-up water that replaces it. Immediate repair of leaking or dripping faucet is easy and cost-effective way to save energy and water.
Save Even More: Don't run the water while applying soap to hand / cleansing with soap, shaving or brushing your teeth. Fix running toilets. Use a low-flow showerhead.
Facts & Stats: A 1,600 gallons of water over the course of a year will add up with one drip per second in a leaking faucet or shower heads.
Use drapes. During cold weather, use sun rays to warm by keeping drapes open facing windows during daylight hours and close during summer time to keep out of heat.
Save Even More: Allow shades and drapes to open to reduce the need to turn on lights during daytime hours and close shades and drapes after the sun goes down to help improve insulation and prevent heat loss.
Facts & Stats: Glass windows without shading allow between 75-80 percent of transmitted solar energy through, where vertical or venetian blinds allow 0-5 percent.
Install a door sweep in the garage door. Install door sweep, or weather stop, on the garage area to keep cold air out and warm air in.
Save Even More: Close at all time to reduce heat loss.
Facts & Stats: Homeowner can save up to 20 percent on heating and cooling costs by sealing and insulating.