ElectricitySavings

Turn out the (incandescent) lights, the party's over at IKEA. The home furnishings company announced this week that it will dump incandescent light bulbs from its product offerings, part of its effort to support sustainabilty and save customers money. The company will continue to sell fluorescent...

I've long thought that the suggestion to unplug electronics when not using them is impractical; all than bending over and moving furniture to get to the electrical outlet is much too much work for a nation addicted to remote controls. Declaring war on standby power, the power electronics consume...

AOL News editor Claire Robinson explores how much money you can actually save by unplugging electric devices when they are not in use.

In the winter, our house is dry, so we run our humidifier, and it's cold, so we run the furnace. Then we throw wet clothes into the dryer and pump the warm, moist exhaust air outdoors. I smell opportunity here, tinged with the scent of dryer sheets. According to dryertips.com, with electricity at...