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10 small changes can add up to big savings on your bills
The best way to start saving on your electricity costs is to get smart with how you use electricity. Make these 10 no-cost changes in your home and you could save $500 or more a year, depending on a number of factors including the size of your home.
Woman turning off the lights
1. Turn off unnecessary lights
Two 100-watt incandescent bulbs switched off an extra two hours per day could save you $15 over a year. Better yet, switch to LED.
Save $15
Image of bright sunlight shining into empty office space
2. Use natural light
A single south-facing window can illuminate 20 to 100 times its area. Turning off one 60-watt bulb for four hours a day is a $9 saving over a year.
Save $9
Use task lighting
3. Use task lighting
Turn off ceiling lights and use table lamps, track lighting and under-counter lights in work and hobby areas as well as in kitchens.
Save $6
Take shorter showers
4. Take shorter showers
Hot water is expensive. If two people in your home cut their shower time by a minute each, you could save $30 over a year.
Save $30
Turn water off when shaving, washing hands, brushing teeth
5. Turn water off when shaving, washing hands, brushing teeth
Reduce your hot water usage by 5% to save about $19.
Save $19
Bathroom faucet
6. Fix that leaky faucet
Fixing a hot water leak in your faucet can save up to $9 per year in energy costs. Learn how to fix that leak.
Save $9
Unplug unused electronics
7. Unplug unused electronics
Standby power can account for 10% of an average household's annual electricity use. Unplug unused electronics and save $50 a year.
Save $50
Man checking his MyHydro profile on his laptop
8. Ditch the desktop computer
If you're still using that old desktop, recycle it and switch to your laptop. If you use your laptop two hours per day, you'll save $4 over a year.
Save $4
Window unit air conditioner
9. Not home? Turn off the air conditioner
Turn off that old window unit air conditioner for five hours a day while you're away. Do that for 60 days over a summer and you'll save $16.
Save $16
Recycle or donate that old TV
10. Recycle or donate that old TV
Recycle or donate your old T.V.. Even if you're just using it an hour a day, that 42-inch LCD is costing you six bucks a year.
Save $6
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