One of the reasons on why we moved out because we wanted to cut off 50% of our electric bill! You see, aside from our home appliances, we're also using everyday (if not every night) an air-condition unit . Every time we felt uncomfortable because of the hot weather, we easily turn on the aircon. Whereas today after we moved, we enjoy the fresh air from the trees and plants in our backyard and our electric bill was cut off to 50% ! If it's really very hot and ceiling fans are not helping much, we just walk down to the mall just around our corner and take advantage of their air conditioned rooms 
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.I recently discovered that we could still reduce our home energy usage and start saving today by simply reading and following the Energy saving recommendations by Microsoft Hohm.
One thing I learned from them is to set our computer to hibernate or use sleep mode when idle. Our computer accounts for about 20 percent of our home's electricity bills so turning off this equipment when it's not in use is the best way to save energy, but it may not always be practical. I learned that screen savers don't actually save energy . So what shall I do? I need to configure power management features, like hibernate or sleep mode, which begin after a specified period of inactivity.
Another important thing that I need to be watchful is to keep our refrigerator door closed as much as possible. With a toddler on the lose, if I will not check on our refrigerator, it's open for couples of minutes! It's one of the culprit on why our electric bill this month increases and we lost a hundred baht because of that!
Need more energy-saving tips? Why not visit http://www.microsoft-hohm.com/ and start saving money and energy at home today for free!
One thing I learned from them is to set our computer to hibernate or use sleep mode when idle. Our computer accounts for about 20 percent of our home's electricity bills so turning off this equipment when it's not in use is the best way to save energy, but it may not always be practical. I learned that screen savers don't actually save energy . So what shall I do? I need to configure power management features, like hibernate or sleep mode, which begin after a specified period of inactivity.
Another important thing that I need to be watchful is to keep our refrigerator door closed as much as possible. With a toddler on the lose, if I will not check on our refrigerator, it's open for couples of minutes! It's one of the culprit on why our electric bill this month increases and we lost a hundred baht because of that!
Need more energy-saving tips? Why not visit http://www.microsoft-hohm.com/ and start saving money and energy at home today for free!
1 comments:
To quickly and easily check your fridge seal, give it the dollar test. Take a dollar bill and close the door so the bill is between the door seal and the unit. If you can easily pull out the dollar bill, add some petroleum jelly to the seal to make is seal tighter.
And do a complete energy audit to get an idea of where your home loses and uses energy. Hohm is a great start! Take the next step.
Cheers!
Dave Andersen
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