Green Living With Modern Home Appliances

[Sam Almaairgy]

The so-called “green” ideas become more and more popular nowadays. They proclaim living in an environmentally friendly way, with a minimum of environmental pollution but with keeping the dynamics of modern life. It is of fundamental importance to try leading a healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle in order to save the planet and make our life safer and better.Green Living With Modern Home Appliances

So, in order to do that it is a great idea to try using some modern household appliances that will not only make the life of your family better, but will also help you take care of the environment that we all live in.

The simplest Step You Can Start With Is Saving Some Energy

This is indeed the most frequently mentioned thing that needs to be changed in order to start leading a healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle when your entire family is concerned. This is also one of the main aspects that environmentalists and non-governmental organizations lead their campaigns about.

Remember that reducing the consumption of electricity is fundamental, because it means less contamination of the environment. Of course, this can not prevent or stop global processes such as global warming, but it can at least delay it. It is simple: use electricity only when you need it; do not forget to turn off the lights when you no longer need them, and use daylight and sunlight to the maximum.

Let’s not forget the fact that modern home appliances also help you save some money, because their electricity consumption levels are far smaller than the consumption levels of the old appliances.

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[Ralph Xhoff]

Good post.... It's high time that human's ought to realize the importance of leading an Eco-friendly life

[Brian McGowan]

I have done many things to reduce my consumption of energy. I replaced my old fridge which used 3.5kWh/day with a new efficient one that uses 1.1kWh/day. Another good move was to change out my old top loading washer with a new front loader that uses 1/3 the water and 1/5 the power. It also spins the clothes out much better reducing the drying time for the things that I don't hang out on the "solar clothes dryer". Replacing all of the incandescent bulbs with CFs also made a big difference. In this case I was going from 40 or 60 watts to about 9 watts. Now as these are dying I am replacing them with LED which use 5 watts. One place where people don't realize power can be saved is water heating. I installed a drain water heat exchanger which takes heat from the drain water and uses it to preheat the water supply to the water heater. It will generally raise the temperature of the incoming water supply by about 30 degrees and can save 30% or more on the energy used to heat water. It also makes it possible for your water heater to recover faster or actually keep up with the usage. I took out a 50 gallon heater when it failed and put in a 40 gallon heater and my wife and I still take back to back showers without running out of hot water. It also will make the heater last longer since it doesn't have to work as hard. This device saves me 100kWh per month and there is only my wife and I here. That amounts to 50kWh/month/person. Without one of these all that energy used to heat water goes right down the drain and is lost. Anyone interested in this can contact me for more information if they want.
Altogether these things helped me cut my energy usage from 26-27kWh/day down to 13kWh/day or less. I get really close to getting under 9kWh/day. I just keep trying to cut that down.
Brian

[Nate Smith]

Hello Sam,
Informative post. Living green with modern home appliances is a big deal to save expenses on electricity and to improve public health.
Thanks!!

[Dave Schwartz]

Sometimes there's only so far you can go. Despite having exhausted pretty much all the efficiency improvements I can, my winter usage is still gets up to 70kWh a day.

Of course, this is mostly due to heating with a ground source heat pump. So the house is virtually emissions-free except for about 2 litres a day of propane for water heating, clothes drying and cooking but I balance that off against the 4kW of solar on the garage roof.

[Green Match]

There are alot of ways to increase a green living lifestyle by modernising many of your home appliances such as heat pumps. You can save a significant amount of electricity and conserve wasted heating.

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[Alton Root]

Adopting energy efficient home appliances is always a good idea for eco-friendly lifestyle. With these modern power-saver electrical equipment, one has to change the mindset as well. Frugal living principles pertaining to the energy consumption have to be applied in routine life otherwise Energy waste never stops (However, the amount of energy waste could be reduced with new devices!). Shutting-off the lights when there is no use is the most recommended tip for anyone who is living in the Planet. By creating a draught proof space and preventing the heat loss would be fruitful to save energy and reduce the energy bill [Mod: link removed].