Motion-Activated Light Socket
The Motion-Activated Light Socket can save you up to $7 per year. The Department of Energy reports that the average household energy bill is $2,000 and lighting comprises 11.6% of this cost, or $232. If one bathroom equals 5% of the total lighting cost, or $11.60, and unintentional lighting in bathrooms can be as high as 60% of total bathroom lighting, then you can save $7, assuming an electricity cost of 11.7 cents per kWh.
Energy Monitoring Consumption Meter
The Energy Monitor will help you learn to save a significant portion of your energy costs each day. By testing your devices' energy consumption and increasing your energy consumption awareness, you'll learn where you can eliminate unnecessary and often overlooked areas of wasteful energy use.
Shower Timer
The Shower Timer can save you up to $44 per year. Assuming you reduce your shower from 7 minutes to 5 minutes and your showerhead flow rate is 3.5 gallons per minute, this translates to a reduction in heated water from 24.5 gallons to 17.5 gallons. According to the EPA, shower water equals 16.8% of indoor household water consumption, or 17,170 gallons per year, and water costs a national average of $2.81 for every 1,000 gallons consumed. Reducing shower time by 2 minutes then saves roughly $15 in water per year. More importantly, reducing shower time by 2 minutes saves 11 cents per shower in water heating costs (from 38 cents to 27 cents) at an electricity cost of 11.7 cents per kWh. Over the course of a year, this translates to a savings of roughly $75 per year in water heating costs! If you add the savings in water ($15) and water heating ($75), then divide by 2, assuming the average household has two showers, you can save $44 and 2,453 gallons of water per year with the Shower Timer.
Perfect Flush Toilet Tank Displacement Bag
The Perfect Flush can save you up to $17 per year. Assuming the Perfect Flush displaces .8 gallons per flush from 3.5 gallons to 2.7 gallons and toilets account for an EPA-reported 26.7% of indoor water consumption, or 27,287 gallons, then you can save 6,237 gallons of water per year. At a national average of $2.81 for every 1,000 gallons of water consumed, this saves roughly $17 in water costs per year.
Simple Switch Outlet Adapter
The Simple Switch Outlet Adapter can save you up to $40 per year if you plug your TV into it and simply switch it off to eliminate standby power each time you’re done watching TV. The Department of Energy reports that a TV uses as many as 48.5 watts per hour in standby mode, and assuming a TV spends 20 hours per day in standby mode, then this can cost up to $3.45 a month at an electricity cost of 11.7 cents per kWh.
Remote Control Outlet Adapter
The Remote Control Outlet Adapter can save you up to $40 per year if you plug your TV into it and simply use the remote to eliminate standby power each time you’re done watching TV. The Department of Energy reports that a TV uses as many as 48.5 watts per hour in standby mode, and assuming a TV spends 20 hours per day in standby mode, then this can cost up to $3.45 per month at an electricity cost of 11.7 cents per kWh.
Remote Control 8-Outlet Surge Strip
The Remote Control 8 Outlet Surge Strip can save you up to $84 a year if you plug your TV, non-DVR/TiVo cable box, DVD player and stereo into it and simply use the remote to eliminate standby power whenever you are not using these devices. The Department of Energy reports that a TV uses as many as 48.5 watts per hour in standby mode, a cable box uses as many 30.6 watts per hour in standby mode, a DVD player uses as many 10.58 watts per hour in standby mode and a stereo uses as many as 6.83 watts per hour in standby mode. Assuming a TV spends 20 hours per day in standby mode, then this can cost up to $3.45 per month at an electricity cost of 11.7 cents per kWh. If a cable box spends 20 hours per day in standby mode, this can cost up to $2.18 per month. If a DVD player spends 23 hours per day in standby mode, this can cost up to 87 cents per month. If a stereo spends 22 hours per day in standby mode, this can cost up to 53 cents per month. Add them all up and you can save just over $7 per month, or $84 per year.
Foot Switch 6-Outlet Surge Strip
The Foot Switch Surge Strip can save you up to $84 a year if you plug your TV, non-DVR/TiVo cable box, DVD player and stereo into it and simply step on the foot switch to eliminate standby power whenever you are not using these devices. The Department of Energy reports that a TV uses as many as 48.5 watts per hour in standby mode, a cable box uses as many 30.6 watts per hour in standby mode, a DVD player uses as many 10.58 watts per hour in standby mode and a stereo uses as many as 6.83 watts per hour in standby mode. Assuming a TV spends 20 hours per day in standby mode, then this can cost up to $3.45 per month at an electricity cost of 11.7 cents per kWh. If a cable box spends 20 hours per day in standby mode, this can cost up to $2.18 per month. If a DVD player spends 23 hours per day in standby mode, this can cost up to 87 cents per month. If a stereo spends 22 hours per day in standby mode, this can cost up to 53 cents per month. Add them all up and you can save just over $7 per month, or $84 per year.
Refrigerator Kit
The Refrigerator Kit can save you up to $35 per year. Properly cleaning your coils once a year will save you $15 on an annual operating cost of $132. The monitor’s alarm will notify you when your refrigerator door is open too long. Avoiding poor opening/closing habits can save you up to 120 kWh per year, or just over $14. Lastly, the monitor will help you set the correct temperature in your refrigerator between 37˚ and 40˚ and save you approximately $6 per year, assuming the temperature is set 2˚ too low and each degree set below the recommended range raises operating costs by 2.5%. At an electricity cost of 11.7 cents per kWh, the combined savings is $35 per year.
Dryer Balls
Dryer Balls can save you up to $20 per year. Assuming you dry an EPA-estimated 392 loads per year, or roughly 8 loads per week, and the average annual cost to operate your dryer is $135 per year, then the average cost per load is 34.4 cents, at an electricity cost of 11.7 cents per kWh. If Dryer Balls reduce drying time by 15%, then this translates to a savings of 5.16 cents per load, or $20 per year.
4-Line Retractable Clothesline
The Clothesline can save you up to $40 per year. Assuming you dry an EPA-estimated 392 loads per year, or roughly 8 loads per week, and the average annual cost to operate your dryer is $135 per year, then the average cost per load is 34.4 cents, at an electricity cost of 11.7 cents per kWh. If you substitute the Clothesline for one-third of your dryer usage (roughly 130 loads of laundry), then this translates to a savings of $40 per year.
