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Day 19: Turned Off Unused Appliance

Day 19: Turned Off Unused Appliance
When I came home this morning, I walked into an empty living with the oscillating fan on. Not sure why it was on because nobody was home and it was like 60 something degrees this morn. So I turned it off.

According to the US Deptartment of Energy, if you live in a typical U.S. home, your appliances and home electronics are responsible for about 20 percent of your energy bills. Turning off unused appliances can help to reduce that and save energy.

What was your simple green act for the day?

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 19th, 2009 at 9:31 am and is filed under How to Go Green at Home, How to Save Energy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

  • @Happy Herbivore -- Pursue doing that. Guess you've been used to it already. However, there are many electric-savvy gadgets right now. Surely, they will be of great help in saving energy, and money, too! For today, what I did was common. I used my hand fan instead of the electric one. It wasn't that hot today. :)
  • I read that cell phone chargers and other electronics can leach electricity even when they're off! I'm trying to unplug everything that I'm not using now.
  • It's called a phantom load or some pornographic sounding name. You can put them all in a power strip and just flip or unplug the strip. Makes life easier...That'll be a later posting.
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