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01: Let there be light
Manage episode 152334645 series 1056952
How You Can Save the World is a podcast about the simple steps anyone can take to help to save the environment.
In our first episode, we begin by looking at energy in the home, comparing the benefits to the environment and your wallet when you replace your lightbulbs with LEDs.
Find us on:
Email us with suggestions or tips at howyoucansavetheworld@gmail.com
All the information from this episode:
Greenhouse Gas CalculatorDetermine your energy savings
Look at your energy bill, determine your cost per kilowatt hour (kwh). Mine is 11 cents.Go to Micheal Bluejay, and plug in your energy usage cost, per one bulb, per hours burned, to his calculator. That will give you, the cost to operate one bulb per month. Then multiply that by 12 (a year) and multiply that by how many bulbs you use in your house.
Micheal Blue JayAdditional energy saving calculators
Where to buy bulbsLight Bulbs Unlimited (interviewed in podcast)Home Depot
California Public Utilities Commission Find out where you can recycle your bulbs
Environmental Defense Fund DIY sites to make solar lanternsThis Old House (mason jar solar lanterns)Put it in a JarFree People
Products ReviewedSunJar (Suck.UK)Water Battery Powered Clock (Bedol Water Clock)
26 episodes
Manage episode 152334645 series 1056952
How You Can Save the World is a podcast about the simple steps anyone can take to help to save the environment.
In our first episode, we begin by looking at energy in the home, comparing the benefits to the environment and your wallet when you replace your lightbulbs with LEDs.
Find us on:
Email us with suggestions or tips at howyoucansavetheworld@gmail.com
All the information from this episode:
Greenhouse Gas CalculatorDetermine your energy savings
Look at your energy bill, determine your cost per kilowatt hour (kwh). Mine is 11 cents.Go to Micheal Bluejay, and plug in your energy usage cost, per one bulb, per hours burned, to his calculator. That will give you, the cost to operate one bulb per month. Then multiply that by 12 (a year) and multiply that by how many bulbs you use in your house.
Micheal Blue JayAdditional energy saving calculators
Where to buy bulbsLight Bulbs Unlimited (interviewed in podcast)Home Depot
California Public Utilities Commission Find out where you can recycle your bulbs
Environmental Defense Fund DIY sites to make solar lanternsThis Old House (mason jar solar lanterns)Put it in a JarFree People
Products ReviewedSunJar (Suck.UK)Water Battery Powered Clock (Bedol Water Clock)
26 episodes
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