Monday, January 5, 2009

New Year

There is so much that we can all be doing to save time and energy and money. This year it is more important than ever to do as much as possible to conserve. So I will continue to post even if its just me.

I read an article about saving electricity. It inspired me to put 2 power strips on the kitchen counter. The coffee maker and some one's phone charger is on one. The microwave is on the other. I turn these off when appliances are not in use. I also just added a power strip to the TV and DVD player. I turn the Direct TV off at night too.

3 comments:

Sam Palmer said...

wow, these are good ideas. i wish i could flip a switch at the door to turn off all these vampire appliances when i'm away from the house.

Sam Palmer said...

how about a power strip that you could control remotely. i found a couple online, but not exactly what i was looking for. this power strip could tell when a device went into standby mode...

http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/06/energy-saving-power-strip-cuts-the-waste/

Sandy said...

Wow, what a good idea. Its really good too for htose people who forget to turn things off before they leave the house.