Save energy in the Kitchen

By cooking meals at home, you get to save money and when you use your kitchen appliances properly, you save energy as well. Greenpeace shares how we can cut our electric bills, and help curb climate change as well.

• Be energy-aware! Keep the lead on the pot. Use less water when cooking eggs and vegetables. Use a pressure cooker. Don’t preheat the oven. If you an electric stove, switch off the hotplates and the oven sooner, and let the food finish cooking free of charge.

• Get rid of energy-guzzlers – and check power consumption of any new appliances before you by them. For example, old fridge is very insufficient and they stay on all the time. Buy only the most energy-efficient appliances.

• Stand your fridge in a cool place, not near the stove or in the sun. Make sure its seals are intact, and ventilation grills dust-free.

• Defrost regularly. Fridges and freezers use more power when they ice up.

• Never heat water on a hotplate. Electric kettles are more efficient, but heating water on a gas ring is even more efficient. Heating water consumes a lot of energy, so don’t heat more than what you need.

• Unplug the coffee maker after use. Transfer extra coffee into a thermos instead of continuously heating it on the coffee maker.

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