IDT Energy Savings

Here are some more great ideas to help you save money and energy around the house, from IDT Energy.

•    Many electronic appliances, such as microwaves, TVs, VCRs, DVD players and more use energy even when not in use. Together these idle “vampires” consume 5 % of the nation’s domestic energy, costing consumers a staggering $3 billion each year.
•    An average American family spends over $200 on air conditioning. In some places in the southern states households quite easily can spend double that amount.
•    Over the lifetime of an air conditioner, only one quarter is spent on the purchase price. The rest, ¾ of the cost, is spent on running it.
•    Look for the Energy Star when replacing your old air conditioner and save about 20% on your cooling expenses.
•    Home office equipment and other electronic equipment can be powered down with their “sleep” feature to save as much as $70 a year on energy costs.
•    Wash your clothes in warm or cool water instead of hot water to save 80-85 per cent of the energy cost of laundering your clothes. Your clothes will be just as clean, and you’ll be a lot richer.

Some Statistics About Savings from IDT Energy

Here are some interesting facts and figures from IDT Energy to keep you informed with up-to-the-minute information on energy savings issues.

•    The vast majority of consumers-92%- believe that business, government and consumers all have an equal responsibility to save on their energy usage.
•    Consumers get their info about energy savings from several sources: 45% read brochures and/or info from their utility companies; 40% get info from friends, neighbors and others; 39% look for the Energy Star label on products they purchase.
•    Eighty percent of Americans believe that the U.S. needs to reduce oil imports.
•    It is being predicted that in the next twenty years energy consumption in the U.S. will increase by almost 40%. That is the amount now being used in the states of California, Texas, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois combined.

IDT Energy is always on the lookout for great ideas for saving electricity and natural gas, which translates into saving money and a cleaner world.
Here are some easy to do, inexpensive or free suggestions for saving money and resources.
• Compact fluorescent light bulbs can replace standard incandescent bulbs to save 75% on lighting costs.
• When not in use, unplug your electronic equipment. Depending on how much electronics you have, together they can use as much electricity as your fridge, even when not in use.
• Low-flow shower heads and faucet aerators can save on the cost of heating water, as well as the amount of water used by up to 50%.
• Raise the temperature of your thermostat in the summer by 5 degrees and you can save 20% on your cooling bill.
These are just a few of the ways IDT Energy hopes you will try to save yourself some money and save the earth’s resources.

. Good insulation should effectively keep either heat or cold, in or out of your house, depending on the weather (season). The most important places to insulate are the space between the doors and the door frames, around the windows, the attic floor or the roof, crawl spaces, and any other place where the outside air can get in and the inside air can get out.

Take note that only 20% of homes built before 1980 are properly insulated.  Check and see if your older home needs its insulation updated so that you will be more comfortable throughout the changing seasons and also so that you can save money on your energy bills.

Good insulation has the added benefit of reducing the amount of external noise that will reach your ears.  In New York this is definitely an important benefit of insulating your house.

On this blog we are constantly looking for great tips for our readers to save, save, save. When we think of saving we usually think of saving money as the goal. But this is short-sighted. We are also hoping to actually save the energy itself, because whenever we use electricity and increase the demand for this power, the resources necessary to provide this power are depleted. If the source of the power is fossil fuels such as oil and coal, they are not renewable, and every bit we use is gone forever.

So not only is saving good for our household budget, saving electricity and natural gas is good for our planet.

As part of IDT Energy New York’s goal of helping people save on their electric and gas bills, we surf around the internet until we find some great web sites with great money saving tips and advice and share them with you.

Check out this cool web site chock-full of ideas to help you reduce your power bill and help save the planet, too.
Follow the link to “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.” Check it now!

In its ongoing desire to help you save energy this summer, IDT Energy has found some slightly creative ways to help you trim your electric bill.

1.    Quick Cook- The most efficient way to cook your food is in the microwave. It takes 2/3 less energy to use than your stove top. Who’d a thunk it?

2.    Dishwasher Ease- Not only does your dishwasher save you time, it actually uses less water than hand washing. Incredible!

3.    The Cupboard is NOT Bare- Did you know that the MORE food in your fridge, the easier it is for the fridge to maintain the cool temperature when you open the door? I didn’t know that!

We hope you stay cool this summer, without using too much electricity, and IDT Energy wishes its customers and friends a great vacation!

IDT Energy maintains a developed energy resource available to the public on the internet. Visit the New York energy company IDT Energy Resource Center to read up on Green Energy, Energy Saving Tips and general energy information.

The IDT Energy Resource Center offers information on many different aspects of the energy industry.

• How to to conserve energy & save money
  What is green energy?
  The energy industry
  Business opportunities in the world of Energy

Visit the online resource center from IDT’s site www.idtenergy.com for all this information and more.

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