The Wyote Blog » electric http://www.wyote.com Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:31:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Kiel Goes Green http://www.wyote.com/2008/08/10/kiel-goes-green/ http://www.wyote.com/2008/08/10/kiel-goes-green/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:19:21 +0000 Kiel http://www.wyote.com/?p=171 So from time to time, I get tired of hearing about “going green” or “reducing your carbon footprint,” but I decided to be a little green. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for a better environment, but I’m doing it mostly because I’m cheap. Why am I cheap? Since living on my own, I have seen my power bill go higher and higher (see below).

My usage for the month of July went down a little, mostly from the shock of receiving my bill for the month of June… notice how it shot up? So I’m conducing a little experiment here:

- Change all light bulbs to Compact Fluorescent Lighting (CFL)

- Use my air conditioner only when I’m home

- Power off my computer when I’m not home and when asleep

- Use more fans and less air conditioner

I’m hoping that I can bring my usage down to 600 KWh by next month. So stay tuned!

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