25 tips to save energy at home
Heating, lighting, cooking, washing, watching television, listening to music, connect to the Internet … many gestures that are common to consume 47% of the energy produced in many countries!
Of these 47%, 15% are for lighting, 25% washing machines, dishwashers and dryers and refrigerators only 35% . Without questioning the use of these objects, it is possible to rationalize their use to save energy and thus at once to act in favor of reducing the greenhouse effect and reduce its expenditures.
The 25 tips listed here can help you reduce 25 to 45% of your electricity consumption and therefore all your energy bills .
Lighting
* Tip No. 1
Use energy saving light bulbs. Illuminating as much as conventional bulbs, the energy-saving lamps consume 5 times less energy and last up to 10 times longer.
* Tip 2
Banish halogen lamps. A single halogen bulb consumes
As much as 22 incandescent bulbs in place.
* Tip No. 3
Clean the lamps and luminaires regularly saves 40% of light output and therefore the same with light bulbs are less powerful and therefore less energy intensive.
* Tip No. 4
Focus on natural light: the sun lighting eliminates lighting lamps. Choose light colors for the walls because they reflect more light and be careful not to clutter up the windows so that light can enter easily into the rooms.
* Tip No. 5
Think about turning off lights in empty rooms, why leave it on for flies?! Shut is the best way to save money.
The electrical equipment
* Tip No. 6
Choose appliances Class A, more efficient electricity. Energy labels are found on refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers, dryers and light bulbs.
* Tip No. 7
Defrost your refrigerator regularly. The accumulation of ice down the performance of your refrigerator and greatly increases its consumption.
* Tip No. 8
Clean the rear grill of the refrigerator. Fouling of the latter significantly affects the power consumption of the device (a dirty grill can double the consumption of a refrigerator!).
* Tip No. 9
Avoid placing devices that generate heat as a stove or a radiator next to a refrigerator or freezer. Plus the atmosphere around them is hot, they consume more energy to produce the same amount of cold.
* Tip No. 10
Do not put dishes in the refrigerator still hot: increasing the temperature inside the refrigerator they would force him to consume more energy to produce the normal refrigeration temperature (5 ° C).
* Tip No. 11
Do not leave your appliances on standby. Computer, TV, STB, hi-fi … These devices are increasingly common in our homes and eat if they remain on standby 24/24, 365 days a year, or about 500 kWh / year!
* Tip No. 12
Think about your schedule for washing machines they operate in peak hours. Not only will your electric bill will suffer but you also help reduce the production of electricity during the day and therefore production of CO2. Indeed, the days of winter, demand for electricity is such that sometimes heavily polluting power plants (coal or gas) must be restarted to supply hydro and nuclear.
* Tip No. 13
Drying clothes on a line rather than in a dryer which consumes two times more energy than a washing machine.
* Tip No. 14
Prefer washing medium or low temperature. One cycle at 30 ° consumes three times less energy than a cycle at 90 ° C.
* Tip No. 15
Use the “eco” of your equipment so you can reduce their consumption by 25%. In contrast, avoid repeated “intensive” or “special” that may require sometimes more than 40% more electricity!
* Tip No. 16
Choose a machine with high capacity and high power spin: you use less energy and water to wash the same amount of laundry with a small machine and your machine will be better drained and thus dry faster.
The heating and cooling
* Tip No. 17
Do not overheat! Lowering the temperature of the heating by 1 ° C induced a decrease of 7% of the heating bill!
* Tip No. 18
Adjust the temperature of the heating function of different parts and the use made of it at different times of the day. Your home need not be heated when you’re not working or at full power overnight. The use of a programmer and / or control system is more than recommended. Generally, 19 ° C is considered the ideal temperature for living rooms during the day and 16 ° C is often recommended as chamber temperature overnight.
* Tip No. 19
Maintain or regularly maintain your heating system can help you avoid some costly failures (overages, etc.)..
* Tip No. 20
Although isolate his home, particularly where the roof may leak up to 30% of the heat. Install double glazed windows and remember to close the shutters at night.
* Tip No. 21
When using an air conditioner, be sure to close all openings that do not operate in overspeed and thus avoided the mobile air conditioners connected to the windows ajar.
The hot water
* Tip No. 22
Always prefer a shower to a bath. It consumes 3 times less hot water and therefore much less energy.
* Tip No. 23
Although isolate the hot water tank and pipes, especially if placed in a room outside the main house. Losses can be very important indeed.
* Tip No. 24
Set your water heater so that it produces water at about 60 ° C: water is warm enough then to avoid micro-organisms and sufficiently “cool” not to accelerate the scaling of the water heater and precipitate its aging (more water is warmer, it deposits of limestone and a water heater that consumes more energy calcify).
* Tip No. 25
Tracking down leaks and eventually installing a device for regulating the flow of water: saving water also means saving energy!
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