Energy Saving Products

Buying energy saving products is no longer the hip or cool thing to do but more of a necessity for lowering monthly bills

. It use to be that energy savers were only used by those that were obsessed with the environment and protecting the planet. Now the ideas are more practical and more people are purchasing them in order to improve their homes or save money at the same time.

The most common of the energy saving products on the market are light bulbs. Newer efficient light bulb designs are catching on and can save a lot of money as well as reduce your homes carbon footprint. This is the scale used to measure how harmful your home is to the environment and takes into account the electricity it uses, how much waste it produces, and how much power was needed to make the parts inside of it. Energy savers in general are designed to bring this number as low as possible.

However the efficient light bulb design is getting competition from the LED design. LED's or Light Emitting Diode's as they are called have been found in electronics for decades and use very little power. These aren't as widely available yet but interest in them over traditional bulbs is growing quickly.

Other energy saving products includes solar powered outdoor lighting. While outdoor lighting might not be the most consuming product to begin with it does add up when you tally up the need for a neighborhood. These usually hold enough of a charge to run for 6 to 10 hours and can be very handy energy savers. Not to mention the fact that they make your paths look professionally lit.

Other energy saving products include weather striping, windows, doors, insulation, and anything else that helps control the temperature in a home. If a home can stay cool in the summer or warm in the winter without having to use the climate control systems then there's less power consumed. Again not the most powerful energy savers but they do add up when you look at an entire neighborhood.

Of course the largest and most effective way to save energy with the products in your home is to upgrade. Newer washers or dryers use less power and have better performance than units from 5 years ago. Newer TV's use less energy that previous models as well and some of them even go into sleep mode when their not in use. If you're good with computers you can also upgrade your PC with a power supply rated for higher efficiency. This translates into more power used and less wasted through heat.

Upgrading your small bits and pieces may seem like small potatoes so to speak when compared to the bigger picture. However if an entire neighborhood, say about 4000 people did this imagine how much energy would be saved.

Energy saving products are available at most locations both online and offline and even replacing the smallest of devices can have a large effect. Remember that other types of energy savers can be found in strange categories for your home. One wouldn't think that replacing the weather stripping in your home could make that big a deal but some people have lowered their power bills by $200 U.S.D by doing this alone.

by: Jacque Crook

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