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Lighting and appliances
Replace your ordinary light bulbs with energy saving bulbs, compact fluorescent lamps or LED bulbs. Energy saving bulbs use about 80% less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs and last 8 to 10 times longer.
Make the most of free daylight. It will be 10% “brighter” if the windows in the house are clean. Beautiful tulle absorbs a lot of light, too.
Turn on local lighting rather than general lighting (chandelier).
Fill the drum of the washing machine completely, don’t let the machine run idle. Only with very dirty laundry set a higher wash temperature. Laundry that is not very dirty will wash at 40 degrees.
Change or clean dust and garbage filters in your vacuum cleaner as often as possible.
When ironing, turn off the iron beforehand and iron the rest of the laundry before it cools. Use a heat reflective ironing board. When choosing an iron, look for a thermostat and an on/off switch on the handle.
When buying electrical appliances and white goods, pay attention to the power consumption class of the household appliance. Class A is the most economical. When choosing a refrigerator, pay attention to its volume, when choosing a washing machine, pay attention to its capacity.
Switch off televisions, speakers, microwave ovens, computers, and printers from the stand-by system, as they also consume power when in “sleep” mode. Everything except the refrigerator can be turned off.
How much electricity do appliances consume in “sleep” mode per year?
Personal computer – 50 kWh.
DVD player – 40 kWh.
TV set – 25 kWh.
Microwave with timer – 25 kWh.
Oven with timer – 25 kWh.
Battery charger – 20 kWh.
Loudspeakers – 15 kWh.
If you unplug appliances, you can save 200 kWh per year.
If you have an electric stove:
Use pots with a bottom diameter equal to the diameter of electric stove burners.
Don’t buy pots with thick bottoms – they take longer to heat up.
Replace pots and burners with irregular surfaces: their loose contact wastes up to 50% more energy.
Make use of the residual heat from the burners: turn them off a little before the dish is ready.
If possible, use the oven for cooking multiple servings or several different dishes at the same time.
Do not use electric stove burners for space heating.
When you cook:
Use an electric kettle to heat a small amount of water.
Descale the kettle regularly.
If you often have to heat water, buy a thermopot, a device that combines the functions of a kettle and a thermos.
Use a pressure cooker.
Use a microwave oven to keep your food warm.
Refrigerator
Keep your refrigerator away from heaters and heating appliances and out of direct sunlight.
Don’t forget to defrost on time. The coat in the freezer is an unnecessary insulator that causes the chamber to push more cold than it needs.
Allow at least 5-10 cm clearance between the back of the refrigerator and the wall of the room.
Only put cooled food in the refrigerator.
Make sure there are consistent places for food in the refrigerator so that you don’t have to keep it open too long to find what you need.
TV
A TV on all the time is, for many &mdsh; just sound background. But remember that it has a lifespan, counted in hours. The longer it runs, the faster it will fail.
Listen to the radio instead of watching TV – it usually uses less power. In general, instead of watching TV think of other interesting activities – reading books, walking, sports, working in the garden, active or intellectual games.
Electric Heaters
Electric heaters are considered to be especially energy consuming. They will not be needed if you insulate your apartment. Most of the warm air escapes through the cracks in the windows and the flimsy front door.
You can also increase the power of an ordinary radiator by laying a piece of food foil behind the radiator along the wall. All the heat will be reflected into the room instead of warming the wall.
Long curtains, radiator screens, poorly placed furniture, racks for drying laundry in front of radiators can absorb up to 20% of heat. Do not block the path of heat.
Water
It is important to troubleshoot plumbing equipment in time. After all the current faucet for a day can “drop” from 30 to 200 liters of water!
A single lever faucet, like a thermostatic faucet, contributes to saving energy. They save a considerable amount of hot water that would otherwise be wasted.
It is better to use a shower rather than a bathtub when taking a bath – it reduces water consumption by a factor of 5 to 7. It will use even less if you install an economical diffuser with a smaller hole diameter. You can also install sprinkler nozzles on faucets as well. Get rid of the habit of brushing your teeth while water is flowing unnecessarily.
