Posts Tagged ‘electricity’

February 14

SAVE MONEY WITH IDEAS FROM ONLINE

There are many websites that help save money. If you are in a serious financial crisis or want to prevent a financial crisis, you can go to the Financial Crisis Blog. It is filled with ideas and lots of encouragement.

Save on Utilities focuses on saving money on utilities. It has lots of ideas how to reduce utility bills to save money.

You can do searches on your own to find more websites and blogs that will help you to learn more ways to save money on almost everything. Avoid spending money to save money, there are plenty of ways to save money that are free.

February 6

SAVE MONEY BY OPENING YOUR SHADES IN THE WINTER

If your windows don’t allow a lot of cold into the house, you can save money by opening your shades and curtains and keeping them open as much as possible during the day. This is because the sun’s natural lighting can enter your home and be used to warm your home instead of electricity and natural gas.  Of course, this will help to cut down on Read the rest of this entry »

February 2

TURN OFF COMPUTER TO SAVE MONEY

After you have finished using your computer for the day, take 5 minutes to turn it off.  This is important because your computer can consume up to 142.2 watts of electricity, which is more almost any other appliance in your home.  In fact the only 2 appliances that take more wattage is Read the rest of this entry »

February 1

USE CURTAINS TO SAVE ON UTILITIES

Whenever it is hot outside and the sun is at its brightest, you should make sure that your curtains are closed.  This will help to keep the heat out.  Otherwise the direct sunlight is going to pour inside of your home heating it up a lot in a very short amount of time.  Of course, this is something that you may also want to do during the winter as well since it will help Read the rest of this entry »

January 30

SAVE MONEY BY CHANGING LIGHT BULBS

Since 10% of your home’s energy is used in lighting your home, it is a good idea to make it a goal to convert your entire home over to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and cut that lighting energy use in half, reducing it to only about Read the rest of this entry »