Daily Green Living Tips http://dailygreenlivingtips.com every little bit counts... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:14:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Cold & Clean http://dailygreenlivingtips.com/cold-clean-2/ http://dailygreenlivingtips.com/cold-clean-2/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:14:05 +0000 amiecn http://dailygreenlivingtips.com/cold-clean-2/ About 90% of the energy used by your washing machine goes to heat the water. For most loads of laundry, a cold wash will suffice. There are really only two occasions when hot should be used: to remove some tough stains & when washing bed linens.

By choosing to use cold instead of hot water when washing laundry, you can save upwards of $300 and 330 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

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Have you tried this?  Did you notice a change in your bill?  If you haven’t tried it - why not?

]]> http://dailygreenlivingtips.com/illumination/feed/ Cold & Clean http://dailygreenlivingtips.com/cold-clean/ http://dailygreenlivingtips.com/cold-clean/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:59:15 +0000 amiecn http://dailygreenlivingtips.com/cold-clean/ About 90% of the energy used by your washing machine goes to heat the water. For most loads of laundry, a cold wash will suffice. There are really only two occasions when hot should be used: to remove some tough stains & when washing bed linens.

By choosing to use cold instead of hot water when washing laundry, you can save upwards of $300 and 330 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

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