Electricity Is In The News - Online Research Links
Welcome to the Electricity Is In The News! online research center.  Below are some links that will help you to learn more about energy efficiency in your home and community.  Some links will be better for you than others, so make sure to pick your sources of information carefully.

Good luck!  Go get your story!





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This fast-growing category includes energy uses from cooking to computing.
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Good place to begin:

Small Appliance Energy Use Surging in U. S. Homes
www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/res-energy-growth.html

Small Appliances
www.consumerenergycenter.org/home/appliances/small_appl.html

Good place to begin:

Must We Pull the Plug?
www.sciencenews.org/pages/pdfs/data/1997/152-17/15217-16.pdf
Good place to begin:

Kitchen Energy Savings
www.ucsusa.org/publications/greentips/0205-saving-energy-in-the-kitchen.html

Microwave
www.consumerenergycenter.org/home/appliances/microwaves.html

Ranges and Ovens
www.consumerenergycenter.org/home/appliances/ranges.html

Small Appliances
www.consumerenergycenter.org/home/appliances/small_appl.html
Good place to begin:

Tips for Buying a New Dishwasher
www.powerhousetv.com/stellent2/groups/public/documents/pub/phtv_se_ap_bu_000510.hcsp

Dishwashers Tips
www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/dishwashers.html

Buying and Using Dishwashers
www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/RES/docs/appntdis.pdf

Energy Star® Dishwashers
www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=dishwash.pr_dishwashers
An index page for the Energy Star program's pages on dishwashers. Try the savings calculator in the middle of the page.

Good place to begin:

Should YouTurn Off My Computer When Not Using
www.consumerenergycenter.org/myths/computers_energyuse.html

Home Energy Brief #7 Computers and Peripherals
www.rmi.org/images/other/E-HEB-Computers.pdf
A 4-page brief.

Good place to begin:

The Rage for Aquaria
www.homeenergy.org/archive/hem.dis.anl.gov/eehem/97/970905.html

Advances in Aquarium Lighting: the New Fluorescents
www.bestfish.com/newfl.html

Aquarium Lighting
www.aquariumlighting.com/


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Other
This fast-growing category includes energy uses from cooking to computing.



Light
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Hot Water
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Keeping Food Cold
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Heating and Cooling
Check out some of these links. How can people use less energy to keep their homes warm (or cool)?