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Nope, this is not about those people who suck energy from you (i.e. negative and melodramatic people).
This is about the energy-sucking vampires in your own home!
Check this image from GOOD Magazine:
Those lines are the energy that your appliances consume while they are still plugged in (even if you're not using them)!
So it means that even if you power-off your TVs and DVD players, they will still consume energy if they are kept plugged to the wall sockets.
And as per this article, you can save more than $50 a year if you start unplugging those appliances.
My family and I have incorporated this into our lifestyle and this is what I've noticed.
My parents-in-law have the same amount of appliances that we do, there are 3 adults in their household and almost half of the day, nobody's at home - their monthly electric bill: more or less Php 2500.
Our family (composed of me, My S and our 2 toddler sons) stays at home almost the whole day (except for My S who goes to work). Our monthly electric bill: more or less Php 1200!
I am not sure how my parents-in-law get to consume that much, but they have had it checked with the electric company, and it is accurate.
What we do in our house is just so simple but it works - we unplug it when we're not using it.
May it be the electric fan, the TV, the DVD player, the PC, the rice cooker and even the chargers!
Eliminate the Energy Vampires in your home and see for yourself how much you can save on your monthly electric bills.
I just found out that the Pasig City government has launched a program called "Palit-Ilaw Caravan" last month.
They changed all of the fluorescent lights & incandescent bulbs in all of the public schools, marketplace and government offices to CFLs.
This is a very great initiative, with regards to Global Warming.
It also means lesser energy consumption.
How does CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lamp) lessen energy consumption anyway?
1. They don't generate heat that adds to cooling costs.
2. They last longer than incandescent bulbs.
3. They only use 20-30 percent of the power used by an incandescent bulb.
So if you're still not using CFLs, it's high time that you do.
Think of all the energy you can save.
The money you can save.
And the contribution that you can make in the fight against Global Warming.
When I was still a teenager, I never really cared much about our energy consumption at home.
I would leave my computer, radio, electric fan and lights on when I leave my room regardless if I'll be coming back after 15 minutes or after more than an hour.
Global Warming was in it's pre-historic era back then... In other words, we didn't care...
When My S and I were starting out our first year of marriage, bills were not a problem. I mean, we were both working, so it never dented our monthly income. So again, we didn't care...
Then I got pregnant...
And it was a very emotional pregnancy! (Oh mercy!)
I would watch the news, read some articles on-line or hear stories from my colleagues and I would be crying in minutes! Bad news made me feel sad, good news made me cry of joy.
So to save you from all of those basket-case stories, I'll just say, that I got more interested about this world and it's current situation.
Not for me nor for My S.
But for the baby growing inside of me...
I started thinking of how my baby would grow up what with battling global warming and all!
So I did my research on how to help save the world from global warming.
The mother of all tips is this -- Switch Off and UnPlug when Not in Use!
It's so simple but so effective!
Before trying this energy-saving method, our electric bill was around Php 2000. But after starting this method, it went down to almost Php 1100! Php 900 in savings!
We have then incorporated this method into our lifestyle because it gives us extra cash and more importantly, we are helping in the fight against Global Warming For Our Kids...
I will have other blog posts describing in particular how to further cut down energy-consumption.
But for now, let's call it a day, power off the computer and unplug the power cord...
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