One of the best ways to save is by auditing your consumption.
- Take next month’s bill and set your energy/water usage as your benchmark
- As the month goes by make little changes to try and improve your consumption rate.
- When the next bill comes in see how you are doing.
Feedback is one of the best ways to check your progress. Your energy/water bills will give you cold hard numbers that you can use to check that you are on track. You’ll not only save energy and water but money as well.
Author: Jack Reichert
As far back as he can remember Jack Reichert has been interested in the environment. In the second grade, he rallied all of his classmates to donate one recess a week to cleaning up litter from the schoolyard. That was the same year that a city councilman asked him to help with his campaign because of the letter Jack had written asking him to clean up Boston Harbor. Ever since Jack has followed the development of the international green conscience with anticipation and hope that one day we will treat Mother Earth with the respect she deserves and not turn her into another Giving Tree. For tips, feedback and prophet sightings, Jack can be reached at jack (at) greenprophet (dot) com.
I have been keeping track of both my energy consumption and my garbage to recycling figures for the past few months. I think the more you are conscious of your usage the more you try to save.
I have cut my energy bill by two-thirds and i recycle about six times more than I toss the garbage (same sized cans)