{"id":7971,"date":"2013-04-22T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=7971"},"modified":"2013-04-22T02:00:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T09:00:15","slug":"save-money-this-earth-day-to-also-save-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/save-money-this-earth-day-to-also-save-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Save money this Earth Day (to also save the planet)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why is sustainability so sexy these days? There are a lot of reasons. My top theory is that it’s become so clear that people can save money through green living ideas<\/a>. So on Earth Day, we at the Inspired Economist<\/a> wanted to inspire you to save money in a few ways that will also lower your carbon footprint. We’ll focus on the two appliances in most homes that are among the biggest energy hogs out there: the fridge and the dryer. (by the way, you can shop energy efficient dryers<\/a> here, and shop energy efficient refrigerators<\/a> here)<\/p>\n

Clean your refrigerator condenser coils<\/h3>\n

Most people don’t even know what condenser coils are (or what they do), and that’s totally ok. The only thing you need to understand is that when your condenser coils get a bunch of dust and grime on them, the fridge has to work harder to keep cooler. If you have an older fridge, and you lament that it just doesn’t quite get as cold as it used to, odds are, the condenser coils just need a cleaning.<\/p>\n

Savings: 15-20% of the electricity your fridge uses.<\/p>\n

How: Here’s how.<\/p>\n