Eco-Friendly Energy Saving Gadgets

As fossil fuels diminish, energy costs are going to soar until we have a scalable and viable alternative energy source. Until then, making sure we use as little energy as possible directly saves us money with our fuel bills. So in the interest of saving energy, here are a collection of gadgets for your home that are designed to reduce your energy bills.

A central heating system is pretty effective for heating a home, but there are a number of inefficiencies. One of those inefficiencies are radiators, which sink a large about of heat into the wall on which the radiator is mounted. The radiator booster is designed to blast hot air from behind the radiator into the room. By increasing the air circulation, your rooms will heat up more quickly, therefore saving you the need to have the central heating switched on as long. The best bit is that the running cost of the radiator booster is only 30 pence a year (less than $1).

Using central heating is all well and good, but if the room is losing heat, you’ll be wasting energy. The Thermal Leak Detector from Black & Decker is essentially a remote thermometer that helps you find cold spots in a room. The detector shines a beam of light on to the part of the wall you’re checking. The colour of the light changes from red to blue when a cold spot is detected, with the temperature being shown on the LCD display on the detector. By finding the cold spots, you can then patch them up and save more energy.

For the kitchen, you can make your morning breakfast greener with a Morphy Richards Ecolectric Toaster. The toaster saves up to 35% of the energy compared to a conventional toaster. The Ecolectric Toaster uses a special cover that closes when you start to cook your toast, resulting in less energy needed to cook the toast. The toaster also uses a motorised carriage to ensure your toast is evenly cooked. It’s a bit more costly than a standard toaster, but it will save you money if your family consumes a lot of toast.

Finally, something for the bathroom, namely the EcoDrain. The EcoDrain is a clever heat exchanger device that takes the excess heat from waste shower water and uses it to pre-heat the cold water inlet to the shower. This means the shower’s heater uses 25-40% less energy compared to using just cold water. The EcoDrain has no moving parts, but it does have a non-stick coating on its waste pipe to ensure it doesn’t get blocked by dirt and debris. What makes the EcoDrain practical is that it needs very little plumbing work to fit it into your existing shower system!

I hope you enjoyed reading about these interesting energy saving gadgets. This article was written by Dan Harrison who writes about eco-friendly technology for EnviroGadget.com. EnviroGadget features all kinds of gadgets and technology that save water, save energy or just do something to help save the planet!