How to Choose Energy Efficient Small Appliances
The Energy Guide program was created to assist in the rating of "white goods", but what about smaller items and electronics which have no such label program?
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Understanding Energy Guide Labels
Frankly, it’s not normal to carry around an energy meter when you’re shopping for electrical appliances.
Why an Energy Efficient Appliance?
There aren’t many people who would be content with a home that is not equipped with major electrical appliances, entertainment systems and computers. It isn’t wrong to have and enjoy a large-screen TV (unless you watch it the whole day!) or air conditioning. Using the energy to run the equipment is not the issue. The issue is purchasing inefficient models and, worse still, employing polluting and non-renewable resources to run them.
Energy Efficient Lighting
The incandescent light bulb is one of the inventions that has impacted our lives most. Before Thomas Edison’s discovery of electricity in 1879, it was pointless staying up after sundown.
Fluorescent Lighting Types
Compact Fluorescent Lamps
Large Area and Free Lighting
Large-Area Exterior Lighting
The Basics of Photovoltaics
Photovoltaic panels (or PV panels) are typically flat, rectangular boxes full of cells which capture the sun's energy and turn it into DC (direct current) electricity. This current can be converted into AC (alternating current) by means of an inverter and used in a normal, grid-connected home.
Home Office Energy Usage
A lot more people are choosing self-employment from a home office after the last round of unfavorable corporate downsizing. A home office (or telecommuting) refers to working at home using computers and other related appliances; the office often doubles as entertainment thanks to the equipment’s flexibility to play games, socialize online and so on.
Energy-Efficient Appliances
How to Select Energy-Efficient Appliances
What is Energy Conservation?
Energy conservation (using less to do more) is healthy for the Earth and reduces a renewable-energy utility station’s size and cost. Obviously, more battery power will make a light bulb last longer, but it is less obvious that a more efficient light bulb requires less battery power. Typical electric circuits push electrons through an electrical conductor to reach the load before returning to the source.
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