[Green-Moo]

When you make a cup of tea or coffee, make a flask full instead & keep it in a thermos. That way you won't be reboiling the kettle all day long.

Green-Moo

[Angel]

Originally Posted by Matc

Fancy kettles. They have one water store, you tell it say, you want one cup of coffee, it takes that amount of water into a separate heating compartment and boiled that only. The waste heat warms up the surrounding water for later use. It means you boil exactly the right amount in the kettle.

how much would something like this cost? It is an interesting idea but I find an ordinary kettle and a mug with water works just fine. LOL

[Aswan]

Thanks guys. Planning on employing a handful of these...

[atula]

Here in India, there is also a novel idea used for cooling homes as we have most of the time warm climate. Homes have a curtain made of a special plant called khus on which when water is pured it gets moist and as it gets cooled off the whole room becomes cool and also leaves a mild fragrance....

[GreenerPeople]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this or not but anything that has a standby mode or a transformer that is warm when the device is not on it is still using power. Cable boxes are a big one, mine is always hot even when it's not on and it's using quite a bit of power even though I only use it an hour or two a day. So unplugging electronic devices and chargers when you aren't using them can save a lot of power over a years time.

[atula]

i really like this post a lot as there are so many energy saving ideas we are discussing about and all these are really useful..not at all weird...

[justontime]

Yes, this is a good post because it has made me think about all the small things that I can change - and lots of small things add up to significant energy saving.

[bluke350]

These are some really great tips keep this thread going. Some of these I would have never thought of.

[Lyndsey]

Don't wait for special occasions to eat dinner by candlelight (just be sure your wick is lead-free). I also bring my face soap to the shower and wash my face there rather than do a separate wash at the sink. If I have the time, I'll collect run-off rinse shower water to use on plants ( I use very gentle biodegradable soaps anyway)

[justontime]

I have read through this thread again and there are some good tips and useful reminders here. Just what we need when the economy is so bad.