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Electricity saving tips - how to save electricity in South Africa
 Energy Saving
Tips - we bring you loads of tips, ideas and advice on
how to save electricity, 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 other sources:
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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