1. YOU
HAVE THE
Power
Here are some tips towards being more efficient.
Save the environment while YOU save money.
Just remember...P.O.W.E.R.
P hantom Power
(Power sucked from electrical devices while not in use or off.)
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YOU can...
Buy a power strip to consolidate plugs. When you’re
finished, just turn it off.
Unplug items not in use (e.g. chargers and kitchen
liminate Heating
appliances) and Cooling Costs
Nationally, phantom loads make up about 6% of our YOU can...
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electricity consumption. Wear more or less clothes instead of turning on your
AC/heating unit.
Set your thermostat as high and as low as comfort
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allows in the summer and winter. Setting your
indoor temperature at 80°F in the summer and
60°F in the winter, instead of 73°F year-round,
ff the Lights would be an example of a low-cost policy.
YOU can...
Turn the lights off wherever they aren’t necessary -
especially if you’re the last one to leave your
home, workplace, or classroom.
Saving used energy is saving money. For example, turning
off a fluorescent lamp for only one-half hour a day can save
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about $4.00 (based on 8¢/kWh) in energy over the life of
the lamp. In fact, the money saved by this routine is
educe, Reuse, Recycle
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typically more than the price of a new lamp.
YOU can...
Reduce power usage in any way you can think. Be
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creative.
Buy reusable water bottles and bring reusable bags to
alk, Don’t Drive the grocery store to reduce your intake of plastic.
Recycle paper, plastic aluminum, and glass items.
YOU can...
Recycling not only frees up space in landfills, but it also
Save money while getting exercise.
Extend the life of your vehicle by driving it less.
saves energy compared to extracting and converting Earth’s
Minimize idling time by turning the car off while resources for the same material. Recycling aluminum cans
waiting. Idling wastes fuel and emits unnecessary saves 95% of the energy used to make the cans from virgin
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carbon oxides. ore.
1. Summary Sheet: Phantom Load
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~recycle/ssec/download/Phantom%20Load.pdf
This message brought to you by the Student Sustainability Council
2. Urban Myth: Leaving a Fluorescent Light Turned on is Cheaper than Turning it Off and On
http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/myths/fluorescent_lights.html
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3. Energy Facts
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