{"id":890,"date":"2019-09-17T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanandhappynest.org\/wpd\/?p=890"},"modified":"2022-03-02T11:07:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T16:07:06","slug":"the-easiest-energy-saving-cleaning-tips-for-your-household","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/the-easiest-energy-saving-cleaning-tips-for-your-household\/","title":{"rendered":"The Easiest Energy-Saving Cleaning Tips for Your Household"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saving energy doesn\u2019t have to be hard! In fact, when it comes to cleaning, it\u2019s pretty easy, if not easier (and less time consuming). Check out these tips and share yours in the comments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unless your laundry is very soiled or is stained with blood or other contaminants, wash in cold water! About 90 percent of your washer\u2019s energy comes from heating the water, so this is a great tip!<\/li>\n<li>Take your clothes out of the dryer promptly and hang them up or fold them, reducing your need to iron. What a time saver!<\/li>\n<li>Pre-treat stains to avoid having to wash them more than once.<\/li>\n<li>Dust off appliances, electronics, light bulbs, and office equipment to keep them operating at top capacity.<\/li>\n<li>Check your refrigerator door\u2019s seal to be sure it\u2019s clean and tight.<\/li>\n<li>If your house has a sliding door, take a moment to clean the track so that cold and warm air won\u2019t escape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What have we missed? We can\u2019t wait to see what you have to say!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saving energy doesn\u2019t have to be hard! In fact, when it comes to cleaning, it\u2019s pretty easy, if not easier (and less time consuming). Check out these tips and share yours in the comments. Unless your laundry is very soiled or is stained with blood or other contaminants, wash in cold water! About 90 percent of your washer\u2019s energy comes from heating the water, so this is a great tip! Take your clothes out of the dryer promptly and hang them up or fold them, reducing your need to iron. What a time saver! Pre-treat stains to avoid having to wash them more than once. Dust off appliances, electronics, light bulbs, and office equipment to keep them operating at top capacity. Check your refrigerator door\u2019s seal to be sure it\u2019s clean and tight. If your house has a sliding door, take a moment to clean the track so that cold and warm air won\u2019t escape. What have we missed? We can\u2019t wait to see what you have to say!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[607,610],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future","tag-save-energy","tag-sustainability","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}