How to make the most of an Energy Savings Day
BGE Smart Energy Rewards helps you earn credits on your summer
energy bills by voluntarily reducing electricity use during designated
Energy Savings Days.
HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SAVE ENERGY:
Take advantage of the summer
season and safely grill outdoors
to minimize the extra heat in your
home. Consider pre-cooking
some weekday meals on the
weekend, or after 7 pm.
Minimize your use of heatproducing appliances, such as
ovens, stove tops or dryers that
can heat up your home.
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Turn off and unplug “silent
energy users” like computers,
game consoles, scanners,
phone chargers and DVD
players, which draw electricity,
even when not in use.
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Limit the use of lights,
especially during the day.
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Shift household chores
after 7pm, like doing laundry
and using the dishwasher.
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Air conditioners typically use
the most electricity during the
summer. Raise your thermostat
3 or 4 degrees above the normal
setting between 1 pm — 7 pm.
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Close blinds or curtains on
the sunny side of your home
to reduce heat penetration.
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More ways to make the most of an Energy Savings Day
When you are notified that an Energy Savings Day is on the way, reduce your electricity
usage and earn bill credits as part of BGE Smart Energy Rewards.
TURN UP OR OFF YOUR A/C IF YOU’RE
LEAVING FOR THE DAY
COMMIT TO SAVE ENERGY WITH
YOUR HOUSEHOLD
If no one in your household will be home
Talk to your household members about
during an Energy Savings Day, turn up or
Energy Savings Days. Come up with
off your air conditioning before you leave
a system to let each other know when
in the morning. Turn it back on when you get home—
they’re happening, and agree on what you’ll all
your house will cool off faster than you might think
do to save electricity.
UNPLUG
ELECTRONICS
PLAN AN AFTERNOON OUTING
TO STAY COOL
You can’t unplug some big electricity
Make plans with your family or friends
users, like your fridge. But did you know
to be out of the house during an Energy
that you can save nearly as much by
Savings Day. Raise the A/C temperature
unplugging your DVR and game consoles? Try it out on
before you leave, then see a movie, get some ice cream,
Energy Savings Days to reduce your electricity use.
or find other fun afternoon activities to stay cool.
TURN UP THE A/C AND CLOSE
WINDOW SHADES AND BLINDS
TURN OFF WINDOW A/C UNITS ON
ENERGY SAVINGS DAYS
Sunlight passing through windows heats
If you have any window air conditioners,
your home and makes your A/C work
consider turning them off between
harder. You can block this heat by closing
1 pm — 7 pm in the rooms you’re not using.
your window blinds or drapes. Then raise your A/C
Or turn up or off and use other strategies, like fans and
temperature by 3-4°F to save electricity.
window blinds, to stay cool.
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