How to Gain Control of Your Home Energy Consumption

Friday, December 12th, 2008

How to Gain Control of Your Home Energy Consumption
The buzzwords these days are green, renewable, sustainable, and carbon footprint. You care about all these, but sometimes your busy life keeps you from making changes. With work, kids, household upkeep, and bills, there just isn’t time to make huge changes.
Instead of thinking about all the pieces [...]

How to Read an Energy Guide Label

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

How to Read an Energy Guide Label
In an earlier post, I shared about how to use a Kill-a-watt meter to determine home much energy your major home appliances are using. This handy electric meter told me my 1996, 18.2 cubit foot GE refrigerator cost me $137 per year to operate.
Newer, energy-efficient refrigerators cost only about [...]

How Much Energy Does Your Freezer Use?

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

How Much Energy Does Your Freezer Use?
Reducing energy consumption begins by knowing how much energy you consume in the first place.
Having acquired our electric power monitor, a Kill-A-Watt meter, we are learning where the high-energy consumers are in our home. First, we plugged our refrigerator into the monitor. The results were posted Tuesday, the 16th.
Next, [...]

How to Measure Your Home Appliance Energy Consumption

Friday, September 12th, 2008

A Kill-A-Watt Meter Measures Your Home Appliance Energy Consumption

Have you ever wondered if you should replace that old refrigerator for a more energy efficient model? Now you can find out which of your home appliances are worth keeping and which should be replaced.

We bought this handy gadget, an electricity usage monitor, which monitors the electric [...]