Tips for:
Lights
Fluorescent lights, including compact fluorescents, generate only one-fifth as much greenhouse gas as ordinary globes producing the same amount of light.
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Fridge
Your fridge can be efficient
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Home heating and cooling
The energy used for heating and cooling a typical home generates more than one and a half tonnes of greenhouse gas each year.
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Water Heating
Water heating accounts for about 16% of an average household’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and 25% of energy use.
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Cooking
An average Australian home produces about half a tonne of greenhouse gas from energy used for cooking.
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Standby Power
Standby power can use up to 10% of your consumption.
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Clothes washing and drying
There's lots you can do to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Air conditioning

Air conditioning is largely responsbile for the need to build big new power stations that are used only for a small amount of the time of the year in peak demand periods.  We all pay.
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Dishwasher
Buying tip: Look for dishwashers with internal booster heaters, so that you can set your water heater thermostat at 120°F (rather than 140°F for dishwashing purposes).
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