How to Properly Load Your Dishwasher for Energy Efficiency
To get your dishes clean, protect them from damage and save energy, it’s important to learn how to properly load your dishwasher. After all, these appliances are engineered to be used in a specific way.
Average Natural Gas Cost Per Therm
Natural gas is a common power choice for many American homes. It’s versatile, running appliances like clothes dryers, hot water heaters, stoves, and ovens.
Lesson Plan: Lighting and Appliances
This week’s lesson focuses on two items within the home that use a good amount of energy and are sometimes easy to control. According to the U.
Why Is My Energy Bill Higher Than Usual? Learn What Causes Electric Bills to be High
If the amount on your energy bill seems out of step with what you normally pay, you may be asking yourself “What causes my electric bill to be high?” The answer is that several factors impact your monthly bill, from your daily routines to the price you pay per kWh.
Lesson Plan: Measuring Electricity Consumption
This week’s lesson on electricity consumption builds upon the previous week’s lesson. However, topics will be re-introduced for newcomers!
Energy Consumption of Streaming Services
If your family is like most, streaming content has become commonplace in your household. You may even start to wonder what impact those streaming services have on your energy consumption.
Experiment for Kids: Salt Water Density
Have your kids ever asked you why they float better in salt water versus fresh water? How do different amounts of salt affect the density of a solution?
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Lesson Plan: Understanding Your Energy Bill
This week’s lesson will help families to understand and dissect their electricity bills and understand how smart meters, utility apps and utility website data can help inform household energy decisions. As this lesson focuses most on electricity, the text will revisit and review electricity text previously covered, but this time with a new angle and
Lesson Plan: Solar Energy
This lesson aims to introduce students to solar energy. Energy from the sun plays a part in the use of nearly every other source of energy, from wind to biomass to yes – fossil fuels!
How Much Energy Do Game Consoles Really Use?
Computer games have never been more popular. Two-thirds of Americans use PCs, consoles and streaming devices to play games.
How Small Business Owners Can Save Energy with Circular Economy
The circular economy is a concept that’s increasingly gaining in popularity with small businesses that want to operate more efficiently. It’s a new economic model that leads to cost savings and efficiency and that’s also good for the planet.
