If every U.S. household replaced its next burned out light bulb with a CFL, we would prevent the emissions of over 13 billion pounds of CO2, equivalent to taking 1.2 million cars off the road for a year.

(Source: National Wildlife Federation)

Letting your faucet run for five minutes uses about as much energy as letting a 60-watt light bulb run for 14 hours.

(Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency, WaterSense)

Of the total electricity generated in California, 47% comes from natural gas, 20% from hydro, 18% from nuclear, 7% from geothermal, and 8% from other sources.

(Source: National Public Radio, Visualizing the U.S. Electric Grid)

Over its expected lifetime of 18 years, the average clothes dryer will cost you approximately $1,530 to operate.

(Source: The California Energy Commission, Consumer Energy Center)

Approximately $40 billion is spent annually in the U.S. to cool buildings, one-sixth of all electricity generated each year.

(Source: Energy Star)

Approximately 15% of each household’s energy dollar goes to heat water.

(Source: FlexYourPower.org)

Only 20% of homes built before 1980 are considered well-insulated by the U.S. Department of Energy.

(Source: United States Department of Energy, Energy Savers)

Consumer electronics make up 15% of residential electricity consumption and could cost the U.S. over $200 billion in energy bills by 2030 if manufacturers fail to adopt the most energy efficient technologies.

(Source: The International Energy Agency via earth2tech)

Refrigerators consume about 18% of all electricity in a typical Californian home – using more electricity than any other single household appliance.

(Source: FlexYourPower.org)

A typical house releases almost twice as much carbon dioxide annually as a typical car.

Source: (Kateri Callahan, president, Alliance to Save Energy, via Business Wire)