Going Green

LED’s use a fraction of energy compared to normal bulbs and fluorescent bulbs

Unplugging your electrical appliances that use a standby mode can help you save money each day. These appliances can use a lot of electricity on that you may not be aware of.

Use appliances like a washing machine and dishwasher only when you have a full load and get appliances that are energy and water efficient.

The cheapest source of heating and energy is outside your window. Get a solar panel to help power your house. Open the curtains and blinds so that the sun can heat up your house and cut back on the heating cost in the winter.

You can run your house off solar panels and invertors and cut back on the monthly bill. You don’t need to run your whole house of it but you can run things like your fridges, deep-freezes and lights of it.

Installing a solar geyser cut your monthly bill with a huge saving. Now you have a geyser that uses the sun to warm it and not electricity any more.

Teenagers these days charge their phones every 5 minutes. Only charge your phone when you need to or let its battery run out and then charge it. Alternatively get a battery pack or solar charger to charge your cell phone.

When you are a coffee or tea drinker and love to drink it a lot, boil a full kettle of water and make a cup. Pour the rest of the boiled water in a thermal flask to keep it hot for the next cup.

Set your fridge and freezers to the right temperatures. Fridges can run at a temp of 5 to 1 degrees and your deep-freezers can run at a temp of -1 to -5 degrees. If they are not set at the right temperatures they will work much harder and use much more electricity.

Installing a motion sensor in your rooms will help to save money because the lights will only be on when you are in the room and as soon as you leave the room the lights turn off again.