Information and some pictures retrieved from:http://www.sprint.com/epatrol/ep-energy.html

Your mission to preserve the planet begins in your own

home.

In the Bathroom

• Take a shower instead of a bath and you'll use three times less water.

Save energy, don't make

the water too hot.

 

Fix dripping faucets. You can

save 300 to 4000 gallons of

water every month.

Turn the water off when you brush

and you save about 3650

gallons of water every year.

Throw away less trash. Chose large family sizes and items

packaged in recyclable containers

In the Kitchen

Don't leave the water

running when you wash dishes.

Keep the oven door closed when you're cooking. A fourth of the heat escapes when the door

is opened.

Put lids on pans when you're cooking. The food heats faster.

Don't stand there with the

fridge door open. Decide

what you want, before you open it.

Use people power for mixing.

Choose large sizes packaged in recyclable or reusable

containers.

In the Bedroom

In the summer, close the

curtains in the morning so the sun

doesn't heat up your room.

In the winter, pile on the

covers instead of

turning up the heat.

Turn off the light when

you leave the room.

In the Laundry

Do the laundry in cold water. About 90% of

the energy used in

washing is just to heat the

water.

Dry one load after the other so the dryer

doesn't have to reheat.

Only dry full loads. Hang up small items like socks instead of using the

dryer.

Remember to recycle your plastic laundry bottles or refill

them.

Clean the lint filter. It takes

more energy to dry your clothes

when the lint filter is clogged.

Never touch the fuse box!

Can you think of more ways to save

energy?