I bought a used washer and dryer with a clear conscience

What’s more, there are likely a few more appliances that I’d be eager to buy used, even though there are more efficient, “greener” versions being made today. I mentioned in the roundup that we bought a used clothes washer and dryer.  We found the advertisement on our local Craigslist, went up, and found the set … Read more

Ice up your freezer

You may have heard of this trick before. You can save energy on the operation of your freezer (or refrigerator) if it’s only partly filled by freezing (or cooling) bottles of water.  It takes energy initially to get the water down to temperature, but once it’s down there, it will hold its temperature a lot … Read more