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Green Tip: Schedule Cell Phone Charging Times

Here's the ugly truth: Your plugged in cell phone charger cord left in over night eats away at your phone battery life and wastes electricity. The easy and cheap solution to counter this evil power va...

LEDs Are As Efficient As Compact Fluorescents

Our recent articles on energy efficient lighting proposed that LEDs were a lot more efficient than standard incandescent bulbs. But how do those fancy LEDs compare to energy efficient compact fluoresc...

Wattcher Electrical Use Monitor: Save Money Easily

Times are tough and we are always looking for ways to save more money. There are a bunch of devices on the market that promise to help you do this by cutting down on wasted electricity. Most of use le...

Green Ideas Somniloquy: Download While Your Computer is Sleeping

If you could save between 60 and 80% of the electricity you normally use through your computer, would you be interested? How about if you could download and IM while your computer was in sleep mode? T...

Green Ideas The Energy Detective: Another Great Way to Reduce Your Power Bill

Times are tough and people are cutting down everywhere. Why not try and cut down on one of the expenses that you'll pay almost every month of every year? That's the kind of thinking that brought TED t...

Four Easy Ways Of Saving Electricity and Reducing Your Utilities Bill

We are always trying to save money on electricity. No matter what we do, it's not always easy to follow through. We have selected four items that we thing will help you with your eco-friendly project ...