Conserving energy......lights out!

Hello, by conserving energy you are doing a great job, Thanks. Indeed, it is thing which everyone should be understand. energy is rare. So it is duty of everyone to use it with care. If we save energy it is good for nation society and for our pocket as well.

We also try to conserve energy, plus keep our electricity bill down. I like to turn lights out. My husband has a tendency to leave them on, if he feels he will be going back in that room (which he will forget about and it stays on for a long time), so I run around and shut lights off. They also say that when you are not using and electrical item it should be unplugged to save on electricity. We have tried this and it does work. So things like the toaster, extra tv, radio, etc., are unplugged too when not in use. Have a nice day.

I turn off a lot of things but I know a few people think that it takes more power to actually turn /charge things on, I have a friend that is into computers and he says it takes more power to charge up your computer than leave it on and thats not to mention the wear and tear on your hard drive it does turning it on and then when you go into the business area most offices leave lights on all night and they have lots of lights in one room so some people say why should I bother...

The lights are off when I'm not in a room except at night. We have a 3 level house and I am more comfortable leaving lights on all night. I use 40 watt bulbs and have them on timers. This way they come on at different times and turn off in the morning at different times all by daylight. It's just so dark around here outside. No lights at all unless the neighbors have them on. Believe it or not, our electricity bill isn't much at all. I do sleep better at night with some light on inside the house. Recently we've been leaving our floodlights on too outside. We are in a safe area but again because of the extreme dark streets, I'd prefer to keep both the inside and outside well lit.

Not really. We can make more energy, and I've got the money. Basically I tend to not have all my lights on, simply because I don't like having all my lights on. But if I want a light over in this location on, then I'm turning it on. That's the whole reason I get up and go to work every day, is so I can turn a light on if I want it.

Hugely! In fact we put timer switches up on the third floor because we're rarely up there and I don't like to see them on as I back out of the drive way! We use florescent lights in the family room, laundry room and part of the kitchen and use energy savers almost everywhere else. I put our energy and city water and sewer use on spread sheets. Yes, I'm anal!

I certainly do. I am very good about turning out the lights and unplugging things that I am not using. Unfortunately my kids are not so great about it and they are constantly leaving lights on which I am constantly having to turn off which is frustrating. They have been yelled at about it a lot. My youngest is probably the best about doing it and I hear him telling his teenaged brother and sister to turn them off all the time.

Jill, same like you, i always make sure i turned off those unnecessary lights, when i am at home. I try to make sure that i don't waste the energy in my home. Besides that, i am trying to lessen down my electricity bill since it is quite expensive in my area now. But, i think in the month of December, every Christian homes will be paying extra electricity bill with the lit up of the beautiful Christmas tree.

I even got angry. I always turn off anything that is something to do with lamp. I think one way keeping the earth awake from large scale exploitation by turning off lights when you do not use or utilize it.

Yes, the best I can do and I am using the energy saver fluorescent lights usually from 5 to 18 watts. Maybe there is no need to remind others to conserve energy since the cost of electric bill is so much to bear as part of our budget, they will really do the saving to help themselves in reducing the cost of their consumption. And in still doing it, we are also helping ourselves in the observation of saving our world as we reduce fuel consumption in the generation of electricity.

Hi Jill, Our lights are on a yearly budget, so we don't have low bills.. but a constant affordable bill summer and winter. That being said, we do turn out lights when not in use. I keep the kitchen lights on when I am in the kitchen, I cut them off when I am done. I keep a nightlight in the bathroom for at night. I keep the living room light off unless it is in use. I am more likely to keep my bedroom light on because I am either watching TV, typing, or reading. When I am ready for bed I shut it off.

before i go to sleep, i turn off all the lights to conserve energy somehow.

Personally, I try to turn off all the lights and turn off electrical appliances when I'm not using them. I don't go crazy about it, but when I'm done using something, I turn it off to try to conserve energy and save money. However, this isn't something extremely important to me and I'm not the kind of person who would get out of bed at one o'clock in the morning just because I didn't turn a lamp off downstairs. That's just my personal opinion.

I'm the type of person who turns on a light in the hallway to whatever room I'm journeying to. But on the way out I make sure it's off when I leave. However, I'm kind of contradictory when it comes to the holiday season. Christmas tree lights, and blinking snowmen on my counter are just too adorable to pass up! The one thing that drives me crazy, though. Is that our tv has an automatic shut-off timer of 5 minutes or so. The hubby will turn off his video games, and leave the tv on to turn itself off. I just grr whenever I catch him! haha

Hi jill! I hate lights! I am always yelling at my bf to shut them off! He has the lights on in the morning and I have to keep telling him that it isn't necessary and that he is wasting electricity! I am always turning lights off! Never mind just conserving energy, I'm trying to keep the electric bill down!

Most definitely! It wastes too much money to let things run like that. My husband and I have switched all the light bulbs in the house to the energy saving bulbs, which our energy company provides for free, and we keep all lights out unless we're in the room AND the light is necessary. We also keep all electronics unplugged unless we're using them. We've hooked up all of our gaming systems and our TV to one surge protector and keep that unplugged unless we game. The same thing with our computers; we keep both of our laptops plugged into one surge protector and only plug that in when we're using the computer. Not to mention the microwave, coffee maker, and other appliances. You'd be amazed at how much energy electronics and appliances use when they're not even on! We've also drastically changed the temperatures in the house according to seasons the past two years. In the first year of marriage, we kept the temperature on 73 degrees year round. Now, in the cold months, we put the heat on anywhere from 65-68 degrees, and in the summer, we normally keep the house at 75 to 78 and leave the windows open if applicable. I also installed weather strips on all of our doors last year, and turned our water heater on a much lower setting. We bought a water-saving showerhead a few months back, and that saves on both water and heat. Altogether, we've been seeing a monthly energy savings of about $60 per month in the hot months of the year and $100 per month in the winter months compared to our first year in this house. That's a lot of money that I can put into high interest savings that I normally wouldn't have!

I will.it's my habit to conserve energy as much as possible!i would turn off all the lights in my house as long as i left my home,for the sake of saving money,i must do that

Yes, yes! I will definitely turn off unnecessary lights. Not only can I save from doing so, but I can help reduce the amount of heat that goes to Mother Earth in a simple way. But I really don't get to a point wherein I am too eager on trying to save and turn off lights that I become more like a cheapskate rather than a thoughtful citizen. I do judge the situation and as much as possible, conserve energy and turn off unused or unnecessary lighting. I usually try to brush up my siblings about switching off their lights because they usually forget to turn it off when they are sleeping.

My Aunt turn off her Christmas tree at exactly 9PM everyday now and then. She only opens it for 2 hrs. I at home ensures that every night I do turn off lights, faucet, electric fan, aircon, almost all electric appliances to save energy and also save money. Help save the Earth.

Yes,energy conservation is very important,i am a graduate environmental engineering student,so,i understand what u think?