Good laundry room habits can save energy and shave nearly $300 off your annual utility bills. That's because you can curb the biggest energy culprit, the cost of heating water.
1. Use cold water, switching from hot wash to cold can shave up to $215 per year off your electric bill.
2. Only wash full loads, it takes just as much electricity to wash a small load as it does a full one.
3. Spin it faster, setting the maximum spin speed in the washer will reduce the amount of time and energy it takes to get clothes dry.
4. Clean lint filter and exhaust, dryers have to work harder and longer to dry clothes when air doesn't freely flow.
5. Activate energy saving features, if the dryer has an automated moisture sensing device, use it.
6. Dry like with like, when non-like items are combined in the same load, some of the clothes continue to tumble long after they're dry.
7. Skip it, every load in the dryer costs, hanging clothing to dry on a line outside or rack inside costs nothing.
references: efrogpondinc, houselogic, douglas trattner, NAR, publiciastateedu
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