the standard clothes dryer uses 15% of your household energy.
heating the water in your clothes washer consumes 90% of the energy needed for the cycle.
as with most cost and energy savings, immediate efficiencies can be found
by employing some simple modifications to your usual habits.
two easy tips to consider for saving both money and energy:
1) wash in cold water
unless the wash load has oily stains, cold water usually does the trick
2) use a clothes line
drying clothes on a clothes rack or clothes line saves energy, money, and helps your garments last
longer, too.
here are a few more tips on these items, as outlined by the epa and us doe.
4 comments:
i totally agree- howEVAH- i had issues with earwigs wiggling their way into our line-dried clothing this summer. nothing says, 'eeew' more than having to check the crotch lining of your panties for pincer-wielding insects. i am a lover of bugs but those things creep. me. out.
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dryer balls also help save drying time when you can't use a clothes line (9 months out of the year in portland).
my sister has a clothes 'airer' in her house in the uk... this is the standard way to dry clothes there. location is key - often they are located near the furnace for residual heat. perhaps this is the solution for our soggy local weather...
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