How we can reducing energy consumption ?

A lot of people are looking to save money these days. No one knows what the future holds, and we all know that the world has been marred with economic troubles in the past decade or so. A major household expenditure for most of us is our electric bill. And our electricity usage is a great place to start when we’re looking at how to lower our bills.

It's probably the easiest thing you can do to reduce energy waste, but it's often the most overlooked action a homeowner can take. One high-tech way to simplify this easily forgotten task is to hire an electrician to install motion-sensing switches that automatically turn off lighting when a person's presence is not detected.

If your home features an electrically powered water heater, you can reduce its power consumption by wrapping the hot water supply lines in foam insulation sleeves, which can be found at most hardware stores. Insulating a water heater in an insulation jacket can reduce energy use, too. Despite being

turned off, most home appliances such as mobile phone chargers, televisions, home entertainment devices, printers, computer monitors and coffee machines still draw a small amount of power when not in use. Unplug these devices or plug them into a power strip that can be turned off when not in use to reduce your home's power consumption. In fact, if you have multiple fridges of any age, consider scaling back to just one. They eat up electricity. Chances are, you need much less space in the refrigerator than you think. Look into it, give it some thought, and scale back. If you just have one refrigerator but it’s really old, you may still end up saving money by upgrading to a new one. Cause old refrigerators are huge energy consumers.
Whenever you save energy, you not only save money, you also reduce the demand for such fossil fuels as coal, oil, and natural gas.