Use Short Cycles: When selecting a cleaning cycle for your dishwasher experiment to see which cycle properly cleans your dishes in the shortest cycle. Shorter cycles use less hot water and less energy.

Skip Rinsing the Dishes: Before placing your dishes into the dishwasher don’t rinse them. Rinsing them uses extra water. If you still like rinsing them before you place them into the washer use cold water.

Clean the Filter: If your dishwasher has a filter screen, clean it regularly because when clean it uses less energy and it will run more efficiently.

Reduce the heat: Begin cooking on a higher heat setting until liquid begins to boil. Then, lower the temperature and simmer the food until fully cooked because a fast boil doesn’t cook faster than a slow boil but it does use more energy.

Don’t Peek in the Oven: While you are baking try not to peek in the oven by opening it because every time you peek, the temperature drops 25° F and requires additional energy to bring the temperature back up.