1.  Wash Wisely.  More than 90% of the electric power you use to wash a laundry is spent in heating the water.  Cut the heating cost by using the washing machine’s cold-water setting with detergents that is made for cold-water setting.  They’ll clean just about everything.  But run a hot wash with bleach for time to time to avoid soap-scum buildup.

2.  Take Microwave Oven Seriously.  Use your microwave more often.  A conventional over guzzles electric power like crazy.  It can consume about 5 times electricity than a microwave over.  

3.  Your Car.  A loaded roof rack can cut an SUV’s fuel efficiency by 5%, and about 15% in a smaller car.  If your roof rack is removable and you’re not using it, lose it.

4.  The Dishwasher.  Pre-rinsing can waste about 20 gallons of heated water a day.  Switch to an enzyme-based detergent so that you can simply scrap off the big chunks and throw the dishes in the machine.  Enzymes get off the stuck-on stuff, which means you don’t have to scrub.

5.  Smart Computer Use.  If don’t use computer in more than 30 minutes set it to go into “sleep” mode.  Setting your idle computer in a “sleep” mode can save you about 80% less electricity consumed in your usual computer electricity consumption.  Click on the “Control Panel” of your computer then go to “Performance and Maintenance” option.  Look for “Power Setting” an option from there you optimize the power setting of your computer.