efficiency

It's warming up and summer is on it's way. Hooray.

Instead of turning on the air conditioning, open up and let a cool breeze, (and songs of the birds in your garden and the smell of your neighbours coffee) drift in through your open window.

Delicious.

Easy: using a clothes drier uses a lot of power to get your clothes dry. If you can avoid it, don't use it. Hang your clothes outside instead. You would be surprised at how well they dry even when it is cold. Indoor clothes racks are also useful if it is rainy, and they can be moved to the best drying spot as conditions change.

Irons must use shedloads of electricity to heat up....what a rather pointless waste of energy!.

I realise some things may need ironing e.g. shirts but I haven't ironed anything in about 10 years and no-one has noticed!. If you hang clothes on the line then in the wardrobe they rarely need ironing. If they are creased you can hang them in the bathroom while you have a shower and the steam soon gets rid of the creases....besides so many of our clothes these days contain lycra so they stretch and dont get creased and some people pay for the creased look.

Many items of household and office equipment that use electricity consume power even when switched off. For example a small 4-in-1 printer may be using 26W when turned off, but still on at the wall. That amounts to around 200 kWh (units of electricity) per year extra, at a typical cost of over $35.

Turn your appliances off at the wall switch when not in use.