| In the quest to save our planet and prevent global | | | | manage your geyser. Switch off your geyser |
| warming it seems that everyone is going green | | | | between 06:00 and 18:00 everyday and remember to |
| nowadays. The newspapers and magazines are full of | | | | do switch off when you go on vacation. Turn the |
| articles about saving electricity, climate change and | | | | thermostat down to sixty degrees. Insulating the |
| global warming. If we all do our little bit for the | | | | geyser and pipes will help to reduce heat loss. |
| environment, many of those little steps will make our | | | | There are energy and water saving shower heads |
| lives better and the future brighter for our children. | | | | that flow at a rate of less than ten liters per minute. |
| There is a lot you can do to cut back on your | | | | The old type operates at fifteen liters per minute so |
| household's electricity consumption. Small things like | | | | the saving is huge. They aerate the water or channel |
| switching off lights and unplugging appliances when | | | | it into streams to give you a good spray from the |
| you are not using them. In winter you can make sure | | | | shower head. |
| that all the windows and doors are kept closed to | | | | Lighting is responsible for twenty percent of all |
| keep in the heat while heaters are working. The | | | | household electricity consumption. There is a world |
| same goes for the air conditioner in the summer to | | | | wide campaign towards more energy efficient lighting. |
| keep the house cool. | | | | Compact Fluorescent Lamps use twenty percent of |
| To really drive your electricity bill down even further | | | | the energy used to power incandescent bulbs and |
| there are tactics and technologies that can make a | | | | they produce the same amount of light. They also |
| difference. Using solar powered water heaters will | | | | last six times longer than the conventional type. |
| reduce your consumption considerably. Geysers are | | | | You can make a difference to the global warming |
| the biggest energy gobblers and are responsible for | | | | effect, so get smart about how you use electricity |
| one third of your electricity bill. Solar water heaters | | | | around the home. Lighten the load on your pocket |
| can retain heat for long periods of time. The good | | | | and conserve the earth's precious energy resources. |
| news is that you will cover your investment within | | | | It is now more important than ever to find the best |
| seven years. | | | | solution to the energy problems for the future |
| If you do not have the cash to install a solar water | | | | generations to come. |
| heater there are measures that you can take to | | | | |