A Green Tip
August 21, 2008
It is amazing how many newsletters come to me by e mail. I mine them for information that I might share on this blog. This "green tip" comes from the weekly California Association of Realtors Newsline. "C.A.R.'s "Green Tips" are part of the Association effort to raise member awareness about environmentally sound practices and off er REALTORS ideas for greening their businesses and better serving their green-minded consumers.
The tip for this week has to do with your land-line phones. As technology advances, more folks have purchased cordless phones. These phones offer the flexibility of use anywhere in one's home. They do not require multiple phone jacks and they are totally portable.
However, according to the C.A.R. "Green Tip", cordless phones draw power in both charging and standby modes. The standard corded phone uses very little power purportedly saving 28 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, a seemingly insignificant amount. If 5% of households opted for one corded phone, the savings would amount to140 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year according to "The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time."
For those of us who care about "saving the planet" this book can be full of simple tips.
It is amazing how many newsletters come to me by e mail. I mine them for information that I might share on this blog. This "green tip" comes from the weekly California Association of Realtors Newsline. "C.A.R.'s "Green Tips" are part of the Association effort to raise member awareness about environmentally sound practices and off er REALTORS ideas for greening their businesses and better serving their green-minded consumers.
The tip for this week has to do with your land-line phones. As technology advances, more folks have purchased cordless phones. These phones offer the flexibility of use anywhere in one's home. They do not require multiple phone jacks and they are totally portable.
However, according to the C.A.R. "Green Tip", cordless phones draw power in both charging and standby modes. The standard corded phone uses very little power purportedly saving 28 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, a seemingly insignificant amount. If 5% of households opted for one corded phone, the savings would amount to140 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year according to "The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time."
For those of us who care about "saving the planet" this book can be full of simple tips.
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