Energy Efficiency Christmas Gifts

Do you want to help your family and friends save a little energy next year at very little cost?  Here are a few great gifts that are easy to use and make a significant impact.

My all time favorite is the Kill A Watt Meter.

You can plug this into a electrical outlet and plug in your appliances one by one to determine how many watts and/or kWhs they are using.  This will help you track down the energy hogs in your home.  Many of our customers go around their house like little kids with a new toy, saying, “Did you know that these fans use this much power”, or “That garage refrigerator uses this much power”.  A great idea is to add all of these into a spreadsheet.

You can buy these at www.gogreensolar.com.

The second great Energy Efficiency Product is the Smart Strip.

I have tried these on computers, printers, routers, modems, computer speakers and other computer peripherals.

I have also tried them on home theater systems and they are exceptional.  Here is how they work.

You plug your computer into the blue “control” outlet.  The red outlets are for things such as clocks or phones you don’t want to control.  The white receptacles are for all of the items you want to control such as printers, modems, speakers, monitors, etc.  When your computer goes to “sleep” or into hibernation mode, this power strip will sense it and turn everything else off.   On a home theater system, you can plug your TV, LCD or Plasma into the blue socket and all of your DVDs, Satellite set top boxes, amplifiers etc. into the white control sockets.  When you turn the TV off, all of the peripherals are shut down.

This eliminates the parasitic power use by all of these peripherals, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will save up to $200 per year.  You can buy these at www.gogreensolar.com.

If you make coffee everyday, and keep it hot for 4 hours or so, you can save a lot of money by buying a Cuisinart 10 cup Double Wall Thermal Carafe coffee pot.

Most coffee pots use 1000 watts to keep coffee hot.  If you run them for 4 hours a day, it equals 4 kWhs per day or 1460 kWhs per year.  This is equivalent to 4 solar panels.  This is a great gift and can save your friends or family up to $400 per year.

For less than $150, you can save your family or friends up to $600 per year, year after year after year.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

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