The average American pays over thirteen-hundred dollars a year for electricity.
This means that electric bills alone can take upwards of 5-10 percent of a person's income.
Especially at this time, when due to the current political and economic circumstances, energy
costs are skyrocketing, these 6 tips can really help you save money in the upcoming months
and cushion the increased costs.
I myself have implemented these 6 tips and was able to save just under $200 extra last
month and was thus able to absorb some of the increased energy costs.
I'll show you in this video the exact tips that helped me save more money on my energy
bill!
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But in order to save money on the energy bill in the first place, you should first find
out where it makes sense to start.
This starts with the clock, because most people consume the most energy in the evening between
6-9pm.
Makes sense, because during the day most of the work is done and in the evening the TV,
the kitchen, the washing machine and so on are used.
And that's when it makes the most sense to look more closely at the things you use every
day.
So the things that consume electricity and gas.
And that's exactly what we're looking at now!
Use smart thermostats
These types of thermostats can help you save more gas and thus bring you cash.
They work in such a way that they only heat the rooms that are used, learning from your
behavior and calculating how long it takes to warm up your apartment or house, so that
it is warm at the right time for you.
This way you use your energy really efficiently and can save up to $75 a year.
Wash clothes at a lower temperature This is something I've been thinking about
for a while, because recently I saw an ad from a detergent manufacturer that advertised
a new detergent with which you can wash clothes at low temperatures.
Now I thought to myself, is it not possible anyway and we were always only persuaded to
wash laundry at 60 degrees, because that has always been done so?
Then I started to wash my clothes at 30 degrees and my clothes were just as clean as before,
only that I have now saved energy.
Another thing I've heard from many people: don't turn on your washing machine when it's
only half full, because you'll wash more and if you can cut out one wash cycle per week
you'll clip $5 off your annual energy bill every week.
Be smarter about water Water is becoming more and more precious and
also these prices are increasing more and more, therefore you should try to save also
with your water consumption.
How to do that?
For example, by buying a more efficient shower head, or what is also helpful is to set up
a timer in the bathroom to determine how long you can shower.
Seal any air leaks Especially at windows and doors it can often
happen that air passes through without you noticing it.
Therefore it is advisable to check your doors and windows to see if they are really tight
and if not, use pressure-sensitive weather strips which are available in either rubber
and plastic.
This is a simple and inexpensive method.
It is also advisable to close the doors in the house or apartment that is being heated,
in order to keep the heat in these rooms.
Monitor your usage
I have installed in my sockets, electricity meters, which serve on the one hand, that
I have a kind of smart home function and this can also program at certain times, but I can
also measure the power consumption of the devices connected to it.
This allowed me to identify devices that consume an enormous amount of electricity and replace
them or time them more efficiently.
On the other hand, I have always wondered why I consume so much electricity even though
I am never at home.
After a lot of thinking and measuring, it turned out that my heating consumes an enormous
amount of electricity.
As a result, I have now decided to replace my heating with a more efficient heat-air
pump, which on the one hand saves the electricity costs of my heating and on the other hand
I no longer need gas.
Be mindful of your electric devices consider plugging your remote-controlled electronics
into a smart power strip.
The smart power strip will then automatically turn off all of the devices that aren’t
in use.
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