Practical Tips on How to Use Home Electronics Wisely: Laundry
For the past few years I have been fortunate to work with clients I admire. Hoshino-san is one of them, and his tweets as @hoshigogo is something worth looking as he is an experienced designer with keen eyes on social infrastructure, interaction and innovation. Through Twitter he shares some practical tips on how we could save energy during this time as we need to save energy to make sure that people and institutions who are in need do not need to go through any more sacrifice.
I know that depending on the circumstances, the list has no meaning as it assumes the Japanese house context, which heavily relies on home electronics and the approach will not fundamentally change the fact that you use electricity. But if any of you are interested, here is the list.
Laundry
- Fill washing machine up to 80%. Putting more clothes will not only waste energy but also decreases the washing power. In comparison to the case when you only fill up 50%, washing the same amount of clothes, this would save the electricity by 17%.
- Rinse once. Most Japanese washing machines allow you to choose the number of times clothes would be rinsed.
- Use quick mode. Depending on the model, quick mode will save up to 50% in comparison to the standard mode.
- Shorten the spinning time. First three minutes takes away a large portion of the water from the clothes. As many Japanese households rely on drying the clothes outdoors, this short spin should do most of the job. If clothes are to be dried indoors, run for five minutes instead.
