Small Changes – Warm Water Instead
A small change that everyone can do that doesn’t cost anything!
The impact this could have across the nation if every household made a change from hot water cycles to warm / cold water cycles is huge!
Set warm wash and cold rinse cycles and save over 90% over the energy used when machine washing in hot water only. Together, all U.S. households could save the energy equivalent of one hundred thousand barrels of oil a day by switching from hot-hot to warm-cold cycles.
For Dryers – clean your dryer lint screen and don’t overload the dryer. You’ll save up to 5% on your electricity bill. If everyone did it, we’d save the energy equivalent of 350 million gallons of gasoline per year. Better yet, use a clothesline when possible!
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