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By Brian F. Keane, SmartPower Last updated: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:23pm PDT-
SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: Make a shower buddy
So, this week's SmartPower
SmartTip is not only an excellent energy saver, but it's also a
quality way of adding a little more fun to your day. Yep, you
guessed it, taking
a shower with...
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SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: Say goodbye to your junk mail
Consider the last time you wished for more junk mail. It probably happened somewhere around the last time you wished for more telemarketers to call.
But, here's the thing, junk mail is not just a minor inconvenience to your daily mail-gathering routine. It's an...
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SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: For the “Harvest Moon”, casual composting
If you have looked out your window any evening this week, you can't help but notice the amazing full moon that is hanging in the night sky. Indeed, this is the
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SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: Get audited
The "auditâ€a term
the IRS has been sole owner of for far too long. This week, we want
to introduce you to the totally different, Energy Smart kind of
audit. We are talking about an audit that helps our homes, helps
the planet and saves us serious money: that is the
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SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: Walk it or bike it. On a nice day, you know you’re going to like it.
Well, Labor Day is over and in much of the
U.S. school is back in session! For millions of students--and their
parents --that means we're back to doing the daily grind, I mean
commute, to get the kids to class on time. But here's a
SmartTip: instead of loading up the minivan and...
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SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: Refrigerator follies—low dials and dirty coils
As we all know, your fridge
is running 24/7 to keep your food fresh (in my case it's working to
keep cold some delicious leftover chicken parmesan for my lunch).
And as efficient...
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SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: Put some bounce in your wallet . . . by taking it out of the dryer
Sometimes being energy smart
isn't about what you can see, but what you don't see. Not too long
ago my wife and I invited a professional energy auditor over to
show us how to take care of some suspected energy waste in our
home. (Hey, even the best of us need to be shown the right way
to...
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SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: If you can't stand the heat, cool down the kitchen
If you’re like me, you not only love good food, but you love to make good food. My wife and I have learned, though, that it is a good idea to lessen the amount we use our oven during the summer months. For one, baking a casserole at 450 degrees in the house doesn’t just require energy for the... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (0) | Blog
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SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: Refrigerator follies—the unused second fridge
Your second refrigerator: a helpful and well-used appliance for the home, or $280 a year spent only to cool a dozen beers or sodas at a time?
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It’s quite common to have a second fridge and/or freezer in your home’s garage or basement. If you always have a lot of food that needs to be kept cold, or lots of hungry and thirsty kids and other guests coming over, it definitely comes in handy.
But if you don’t actually have that other icebox filled all the time, take a moment to consider how necessary it is to keep it, and how much money and energy you may be wasting to run it.
This great calculator from Energy Star will show you how much you can save by getting rid of your second fridge (or replacing your main one). It is important to consider that typically, a second refrigerator or freezer in the home is probably an old model that uses almost twice as much energy as a modern one.
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SmartPower SmartTip of the Week: Save power with smarter showers
First of all, I love taking a shower. A good shower is as important to getting my day started as a healthy breakfast and a steaming cup of coffee. I learned, though, that I can still get a great shower while saving a lot of water and energy (and money spent on both) just by being a little smarter... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (7) | Blog
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