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Top 9 Cooking Tips To Help You Save Energy Effectively

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Cooking at home can’t be helped especially if you particularly love to cook your own food and you have a big family to feed. However, this doesn’t have to mean huge electric bills. Here are some tips for you to enjoy your time in the kitchen without worrying about the bills at the end of the month. 1.       Match Your Pot Size To The Coil Size Using a small pot on a large coil means wasting 30%-40% of electricity, plus putting a lot of extra heat in the house which makes your AC unit work extra harder to keep the house cool. 2.       Use The Right Appliance If you’re only cooking one little potato, using your oven for that would be generating too much energy. So always cook with the device that is most suited for what you’re cooking and how much you’re cooking. 3.       Check Your Reflectors You probably think that those metals “drip trays” underneath your stove are only there to catch spillovers from whatever you’re cooking. However, that’s not all they do. The

4 Tips To Save More Energy In Your Bathroom

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It will surprise you how much energy your bathroom consumes every day since it can easily be the most popular and used room in the house despite being the smallest. So when you’re trying to implement energy-saving in your house, don’t forget about the things you can do in your bathroom to help with that. 1.       Maintenance A leaking toilet and taps may not seem as big deal but you’d be surprised with how much water it wastes in a day. 200 liters—Is the reported amount of water any leaking sanitary wares and fittings waste in a day. Not only that this waste a natural resource but it also means paying money for water you didn’t even use. So better fix them as soon as you notice any leak. 2.       Replace Your Lighting Remember how lighting can make a room feel cramped or spacious depending on how it illuminates the room? Aside from that, it can definitely change a room’s appeal by replacing lighting fixtures. If you’re still using standard fluorescent, how about you chan

Top 8 Things You Should Do When Expecting Power Outages

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Top 8 Things You Should Do When Expecting Power Outages Power outages, whether expected or not, can still be very inconvenient and frustrating. However, the good thing about planned outages is that you can prepare for it to avoid damages and ensure you’ll be fine until the power comes back on. Here are eight things you can do to make sure you and your property are ready for the next blackout that happens. 1.       Turn Off Stove Ensure that all stove elements and ovens are turned OFF and that nothing has been placed on top of the stove. This is often forgotten. As a result, once the power is restored, the stove comes back on which puts you in risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and increases risk of fire. 2.       Prepare Flashlights A good flashlight, or even a couple if you're sharing your house with other people, is the best tool you can have if you're going through a blackout. There's nothing as comforting as a consistent source of light when the ones in

Top 8 Home Appliances That Uses A Lot Of Energy

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Home appliances make your daily life more convenient and comfortable, so ditching them is not really an option just to save money on electric bills. But, there are ways to save energy and money even while enjoying their benefits. 1.       Central Air Conditioner 1450 Kwh/Month During summer, that’s the time of the year where your electricity bill can really go up. That’s because your unit have to work harder (which means it uses more energy) to keep you house cool. To save money, install a programmable thermostat and set it back at least 10 degrees for eight hours a day. Doing so can save you 10 percent on your energy costs every year. 2.       Water Heater 310/Kwh/Month Cut back on that by shortening your showers and wash your clothes with cold water. You can also set your water heater to at most 120 degrees. Every 10 degree reduction in water heater temperature can save between 3–5 percent in monthly energy costs. 3.       Refrigerator 205 Kwh/Month Since ref