January 8th's Tip
Ironing: You probably know that you can turn your oven off early and it will keep cooking your food (as long as you don't open the door and let all the heat out!), but did you ever think about turning your iron off early?
Consider how long your iron stays hot once you are done using it and turn it off. It's at least a good 5 minutes or so, right? Maybe more? All that residual heat is pretty much going to waste if you aren't using the iron during that time, so why not turn the iron off a few minutes before you're done, and use the heat that's leftover? It should give you enough time to iron a shirt or two more, and save a few minutes of energy.
A tiny step, but they do add up.
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January 8th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
I never thought I'd see my mom using an ecological method before it was published or recognized as useful. Before the separation my mom used to iron my dad's shirts and i always noticed that she would turn it off before finishing ironing. She thought it was the logical thing to do, now it's the ecological thing to do.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
I thought I was the only person that did these things. Good point about the iron...although there my be some trial and error. When I put the kids in the tub I always plug the tub first then turn the water on...not vice versa. Small but over time its a lot of water
January 8th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Stef,
I never thought about it that way. Drat! I swear the simple things in life are the things that I always miss!!!!
Will start trying to use this method, I wonder how much in savings I can benefit from by using little tips like these?
Thanks!
-Mike
January 9th, 2010 at 1:26 am
Nice tip, I used to do that once in a while but now I'll have to do it all the time. I bet I could easily iron an entire garment with whats left over. I'll have to tell my co-workers about this. Thanks
January 10th, 2010 at 8:32 am
I've been doing that for a while, but I've never come across a site sharing these little tips. It's amazing how if everyone does the little things to save energy it all adds up! Great Post.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Thanks, I'll try to implement the above tips
January 10th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
All these small tips do mount up. Especially with the price of electricity these days.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
That is really a nice tip. Have never thought about it before. Actually have not thought about oven either. Will check the rest of the tips too. Your site looks really friendly. I love it.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Great Post. Absolute FANTASTIC!!
January 24th, 2010 at 5:53 am
Thanks for this article - I extremely liked the idea about ironing - I could never imagine that even ironing can be eco-friendly!