Electrical - Go Green

There are many things you can do to reduce your utility bills and help the environment by conserving resources.

Let us count the ways:

Reduce Your Use
- Replace your light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) or even cutting-edge light emitting diodes (LEDs).

- Turn off lights and other devices when they're not needed.

- Eliminating electronics that sleep on a standby setting; they continue to pull a current even when "turned off."

- "Wall warts," those clunky AC adaptors on many power cables, pull current, too, so those should be taken out of the wall when not in use -- this is also known as phantom power. Your best bet is a "smart" power strip, or a power strip that can be turned off at night.

Clothes driers gobble up a lot of power, so line drying can be a great energy saver.

Try New Technologies
New developments, coupled with green legislation, has led to the design, sale, installation, and creation of energy efficient electrical products. Doing some light research into what new products are out there could save you some money in the long term.

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Call All Comfort Services today to find our other new technologies on offer. Call us @ 608 838 7300.

Conserve energy by using other tools to do the job
Keep your house cool with natural ventilation instead of air conditioning as much as possible. Use in-room, ceiling, or whole-house fans to move air throughout the house. Blocking sunlight during hot hours of the day can help lower your cooling load. If your house uses electricity for water heating, wrapping your water tank in an insulating blanket can save on power.

Charge up your toys
For all the portable electronic gizmos in your life, consider feeding them green power with a solar charger. Some look like notebooks, cell phones, flowers, or are built into backpacks. Your MP3 player, laptop, PDA, cell phone, and camera can all be charged with portable solar, and you'll never find yourself searching for a plug.

Adjust your fridge and freezer
Your refrigerator and freezer account for about 20% of the electricity you use each month.

Try a lower temperature setting: Most fridges and freezers have a temperature setting that ranges from 1–10. Turning the temperature setting down a couple notches, such as from 10 to 8, shouldn't’t have any noticeable impact on your food’s freshness.

Keep your refrigerator and freezer stocked: Cooling an empty fridge or freezer actually requires more energy than cooling a full one.

Check the insulation around the doors: If cool air is escaping, replace the insulation.

Sources of Phantom Energy Loss
Unplug your phone, camera, Ipod, and/or power tool charger. These chargers use energy even when your devices are not plugged in.

Unplug your television and attached electronics. It is easier if you have them all plugged into power strips, because rather than having to unplug each device, you can just turn off the strip.

Unplug kitchen appliances with clocks. If you see a clock,then your kitchen device is using power. If possible, keep these appliances unplugged to prevent phantom energy usage.

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