No TV Day

At the beginning of April Tara implemented a "no TV day". The goal was to have one dedicated day for not turning on the TV. Her point was that she felt she watched too much TV. She has lots of shows she keeps up with, I don't have that many but I do watch as many movies as she does. We didn't push ourselves too hard. We chose Wednesday. I get home from yoga around 8pm, she goes to bed about 9pm, so there isn't a lot of time to watch TV. I think its working well. Tara catches up on email or reading. I play/train with Johnders and listen to music.

The unintended consequences are reduction in energy usage. We have a hog of a TV. Its energystar rated but it is a 42" plasma...it uses lots of power and generates a lot of heat. So at least one day a week we are using a lot less energy.

One small step...

Home Energy Usage

I got this tip in my inbox this morning:

Make HER do it instead. Call a Home Energy Rater - a specialist who finds out how efficient your place is and can estimate how much you'll save by making specific improvements.

If you want to see how energy efficient your home is I suggest following through with something like this. Ideal Bite suggests hiring a Home Energy Rater which will cost b/t $250 and $600. I am sure this is more comprehensive than the one my power company offers but NES offers a free audit...check your power company and see if they do too.

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