The Problem: We waste a decent amount of the energy we work hard to make.
The Fix: Use more efficient devices, accomplishing the same things for less.
Summary: While producing cleaner energy is good, using less energy is even better. With a variety of ways to accomplish the same things we do now with substantially less energy, this link is one of our best chances to make a large, fast impact.
Energy costs money, and its likely to cost more in the future. Not only do energy-saving appliances and technologies reduce greenhouse gases, but they can also save us a lot of money.
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Buildings use a massive amount of energy to maintain our rooms at comfortable levels. Much of that energy could be saved by using simple, passive design principles.
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Often, we don't know how much energy we're using, and we don't always have the time to make the best energy savings decisions. Smarter stuff can help in two big ways.
One is by giving us feedback (\"Hey, the window's open and the heat's on\"). The other is by automating things to be more efficient (\"Nobody's home during the day, so the heat's getting turned down\"). A little bit of smarts can go a long way. Explore Smarter Stuff
Every day, we consume a huge number of materials. Where they come from, how much energy they use, and what we do with them when they're done are critical issues to our future.
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