{"id":2607,"date":"2022-10-27T09:43:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T13:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/?p=2607"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T22:18:15","slug":"day-14-ee-measures-for-the-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/programs\/energy-efficiency\/day-14-ee-measures-for-the-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Efficiency in the Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The kitchen is the heart of the home and can be the heart of your energy savings. Lighting accounts for 5% of a home\u2019s electricity usage, refrigeration 3%, cooking 1% and dishwashers 1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No-cost energy efficiency tips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adjust the refrigerator thermostat to the right temperature \u2013 do not over cool\/freeze.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use lids on pots and pans to boil or cook faster.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not open the oven door unnecessarily.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defrost naturally&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the microwave&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep the refrigerator coils clean.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use your dishwasher with a full load and not overloaded.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Low-cost EE tips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buy the most energy efficient Energy Star rated appliance can save you energy.&nbsp; See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/products\/most_efficient\">https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/products\/most_efficient<\/a> for a listing of the most efficient models.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By replacing 5 bulbs with the same level of lighting LEDs you can save $75 each year and last 5 to 25 times longer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Replacing a 60 watt incandescent bulb with a 12 watt LED (same light level) will save you $5.50 a year and will last 25,000 hours compared to 1,000 for the incandescent bulb.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kitchen is the heart of the home and can be the heart of your energy savings. Lighting accounts for 5% of a home\u2019s electricity usage, refrigeration 3%, cooking 1% and dishwashers 1%. No-cost energy efficiency tips Low-cost EE tips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11146,"featured_media":2608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-efficiency","category-in-your-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6643,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607\/revisions\/6643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}