Electricity saving tips - how to save electricity in South Africa

Energy Saving Tips - we bring you a range of tips, ideas and advice on how to save electricity, our money and our environment. There are loads of things we can do to save electricity at home - just by simply using less of it. We will look at a few great methods! But limiting our consumption is always difficult, and often less effective.

The biggest contribution you can make to the environment AND your wallet, is to start getting your energy from another source: A Home Solar Panel. Nowadays it is cheap, safe and simple to install a roof solar panel, so if you are serious about the environment (and about your money too) this could be a very nice opportunity for you! But if renewable energy is "not your thing", there are still a lot of actions you can take to lower your use of "normal", fossil energy, and therefore save the environment and some money.

Four Easy Ways To Save Electricity

1. Light bulbs: A big opportunity to save electricity is by using CFL (fluorescent light) bulbs. If you compare them to conventional light bulbs, CFL bulbs use way less energy. Use them any time you can, and you will soon notice that your energy bill will drop significantly! Of course this means you are using less electricity, so this benefits nature.

2. Cars: If you own one or more cars, of course it is important to look at their mileage and maybe switch to a hybrid vehicle. Another way you can save energy in your car, is to make sure that the air conditioner is set to the lowest possible value that you are still comfortable with. Air conditioning is a sure way to spend a lot of energy fast.

3. Washing machines: Of course everyone needs their washing machine, but it is very important HOW you use those! Do you sometimes use the machine just to wash a single piece of clothing? That is a big waste! The best way to go is to wait until you have a full load of washings, and than do them all in one go. This will definitely save power.

4. Computer: There are lots of people (you maybe?) that leave their computer monitor switched on, even when they switch off the computer itself. Of course this is absolutely unnecessary. What's more easy then switching off your monitor when you don't use it? And you'd be surprised at the amount of electricity you can save when you remember to do this.

Source: Eskom
 

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