Save Energy, Install Shag Carpet in Your Fridge

by Emily Matchar, Posted Feb 25th 2009 @ 4:00PM

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Your fridge consumes about 8 percent of a home's electricity, reports Planet Green, but there are plenty of ways to keep its energy use down - cleaning the coils, covering food, etc.

Here's a new one: install carpeting. A new book, Carbon-Free Home, suggests covering the fridge with insulation boards which are in turn covered with carpet or corkboard. Apparently this can reduce energy use by about 50 percent.

Check out the Planet Green site for the (very simple) four-step instructions. Or take a look at the Chelsea Green site for much more detailed directions. Neither site, however, suggest whether shag or pile would look better next to your ketchup bottle and Chinese takeout cartons.

Have any of you tried this?

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Filed Under: Science
Tags: carpet, energy, featured, refrigerator, shag carpet, ShagCarpet

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2-25-2009 @5:18PM Jack said... That's great, except that Man-made global warming is a sham!
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2-25-2009 @5:37PM Shaggy said... ...and if we all did it, think of the jobs we'd create in the domestic shag carpet industry?
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2-25-2009 @6:16PM Whiffy said... "Man-made global warming is a sham!"

Must be the same guy who farts and blames the dog.
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2-25-2009 @7:03PM baralong said... You can also improve the efficiency of a fridge by improving the ventilation around the coils, cheaper and more aesthetically pleasing.. unless you love wookies ;)

regardless of views on global warming, the cost of energy is increasing and in the current economic climate saving a few $ is almost always worth it.
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