• Between 80 and 85 percent of the energy used to wash clothes comes from heating the water.                                                 –U.S. Department of Energy

• “Sleep” features that power down home office equipment and other electronic devices that are turned on but not in use can save households up to $70 annually.                                                                       –Alliance to Save Energy

• The United States consumes almost 9 million barrels of gasoline daily – 44 percent of total global daily gasoline consumption.                                         –Alliance to Save Energy

• Transportation accounts for more than 65 percent of the oil we consume in the United States and more than we produce. Today, our country imports more than 58 percent of its oil supply, and imports are expected to reach 70 percent over the next two decades.                                 –U.S. Department of Energy

• Many idle electronics – TVs, VCRs, DVD and CD players, cordless phones, microwaves – use energy even when switched off to keep display clocks lit and memory chips and remote controls working. Nationally, these energy “vampires” use 5 percent of our domestic energy and cost consumers more than $8 billion annually.                              –Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Source: Marin Academy