Appliances and Electronics
	Toaster ovens, microwaves and counter-top grills use less energy and create less heat than a full-sized oven. Use these appliances when you need to prepare small portions of food. A microwave oven will use about half the energy as a conventional oven.
	You can reduce your oven's baking temperature by 25 degrees if you use glass cookware.
	Use cold water when operating your food/waste disposal. Cold water saves energy and helps move the waste through the drain.
	Flip the switch to air dry on your dishwasher or open the door after the wash/rinse cycle is complete and save about 50% of the energy used to run this appliance.
	Check the door gaskets on your refrigerator and freezer. Close the door on a dollar bill. If the bill can be easily pulled from the closed door, you should replace the gasket.
	Don't pack your refrigerator and freezer space so tightly that air cannot adequately reach the food. Your refrigerator and freezer need room to circulate the cold air. The appliance will operate efficiently with space to that allows air to circulate throughout the compartments.
	Vacuum the coils on your refrigerator and freezer units as least every three month. The dirt accumulation on the coils causes the appliance to work harder to keep the contents cool or frozen.
	Use the cold water setting on your washer for most loads. This helps reduce the amount of hot water you use. Also, wash a load of laundry only when you have a full load. This simple tip may reduce the number of loads by up to 20%.
	Use the lowest appropriate temperature setting on your dryer. Avoid partial loads or over loads in your dryer.
	Consider placing a dry towel in the dryer with each load of wet clothes. The towel will absorb dampness and reduce drying time. Also, drying several loads of laundry consecutively will allow you to take advantage of the heat in the dryer drum.
	Clean the dryer's lint filter after each load. A clean filter allows the air to circulate efficiently and help reduce the drying time.
	Activate the "sleep" feature on computers and home office equipment that power down the equipment when it’s not in use for a while. Check out the general guidelines for turning your computer off or leave it on.
	Be aware of "phantom loads"! Many electronic appliances are using power even when they are off. Examples of phantom loads include CD and DVD players, microwave ovens, alarm clocks, computers, printers and televisions. Any appliance or charging device that has a cube shaped transformer on the end of its cord is creating a phantom load. More.