Laundry

• Purchase an energy efficient washing machine. Front loaders help you conserve water AND electricity. Plus, they extract more water from clothes during the spin cycle so you use less energy to get the clothes dry.

• Wash clothes in warm water. Rinse in cold.

• Use a dryer that senses the humidity of clothes and turns off automatically when clothes are dry. Keep filter screens and vent tubes free of lint. Use a vent cap that prevents cold outside air from entering the vent when the dryer is not in use.

• Use a clothes line for drying clothes. One can even be installed indoors in a utility room or garage. We have a disappearing line over our woodstove.