Want to Live Green? These Are The Top 10 Home Appliances and Gadgets You Should Have in Your Home
The Philippines today faces multiple environmental challenges, from long-standing issues like ground and water pollution to emerging threats like climate change. Fortunately, as consumers, we have the power to overcome these by adopting sustainable living practices. What’s more, those who are planning to adopt a more sustainable way of life won’t have to do it alone. In recent years, there has been a notable increase in Philippine-based Google searches related to eco-friendly products, indicating a positive shift in consumer preferences. If you’re concerned about the country’s environmental future, you’re in luck. An ever-growing proportion of brand-new products now come with features that help mitigate current environmental challenges. To help you live greener, we’ve curated a list of top-notch home appliances that can reduce your impact on the country’s ecological balance. Here are the Top 10 home appliances and gadgets that we recommend.
Inverter Air Conditioners
The energy efficiency and superior performance of today’s inverter motor air conditioners make them a no-brainer for reducing your energy consumption and carbon footprint. Compellingly, the current price differences between inverter aircons and those built with legacy technologies are so small that you can easily make up for the higher purchase cost in just a few short years. If you want to reduce your environmental footprint even further, be sure to familiarize yourself with your new aircon’s thermostat controls.
Inverter Washing Machines Are New – Make Them One of Your Top 10 Home Appliances
Inverter washing machines haven’t been around in the Philippine market for as long as inverter aircons, but they’re now making waves among households interested in sustainable living, and that’s why they make our top 10 home appliances list.
If your current washing machine is more than five years old, consider upgrading to a model with an inverter motor for optimized power usage.
If you have the budget to spare, opt for front load washing machine models rather than top load, as they are reputed to be more efficient both in water and power consumption.
Low Wattage Air Fryers
Air fryers are now a key part of modern Filipino living. Unfortunately, oil-free cooking with most of these appliances comes with eye-watering energy costs. Get the best of all worlds by getting a compact low-wattage air fryer to save on both your energy and cooking oil needs.
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Don’t Forget Smart Plugs When You Buy Your Top 10 Home Appliances!
It doesn’t always make sense to buy new smart appliances when you only need to automatically turn them on or off. Fortunately, you can get smart plugs to enable remote control of older appliances to turn them on and off at specific times, limiting their standby power consumption.
Smart LED Light Bulbs
Lighting also forms part of our top 10 home appliances list. If you have an older home that still has older fluorescent or incandescent bulbs installed, take some time to switch them all to newer energy-efficient LED lights. Conventional LEDs work great by themselves, but if you need more control, consider installing smart bulbs with sensors and Wi-Fi connectivity that you can control over your phone.
Automatic Kitchen Food Composter
Whether you’re a certified plantito or plantita or you just want to simplify food waste management, an automatic composter will be a great addition to your home. These devices transform food scraps into nutrient-rich compost, cutting down the stench of your kitchen waste bin bins and giving you quality fertilizer to use in your garden.
Eco-Friendly Electric Dishwasher
Contrary to popular belief, electric dishwashers use significantly less water compared to handwashing – up to 3 or 4 times less with some models.
They do use up power, of course, but newer models require very little electricity to run, making them a worthwhile investment for sustainable modern homes.
Water-Efficient Shower Heads
Help conserve the Philippines’ freshwater reserves with a water-efficient shower head. These fixtures eventually pay for themselves, are incredibly easy to install, and won’t compromise your overall shower experience.
Eco-Friendly Electric Kettles
Electric kettles can boil water much more efficiently than traditional stove-top kettles, allowing for comparatively eco-friendly beverage preparation. To reduce your energy footprint even further, look for insulated versions so that you won’t have to constantly reheat water throughout the day.
Induction Hobs
Provided you use iron or steel cookware, induction hobs are yet another no-brainer appliance purchase, particularly if you live in a condo that does not allow cooking with gas.
Induction hobs transfer heat energy into cookware significantly faster than electric hot plates, allowing you to quickly get searing hot temperatures even with low-wattage models.
Best of all, they come with modern automatic shut-off features that make them safer compared to both carbon-emitting gas stoves and traditional electric stoves. And they’re safe to touch, even while switched on, so they’re great for child safety.
They epitomise green living, so make them one of your top 10 home appliances.
From Green Gadgets to Green Habits – Our Top 10 Home Appliances Help the Environment
If you have to buy new, it makes sense to seek out appliances that are specifically designed to reduce their impact on our environment. You’ll not only be saving resources moving forward, but your buying decisions should also help further induce more demand for sustainable appliances.
It will take much more than buying eco-friendly gadgets to move the needle, but it’s a great start, especially since the devices are things that you use every day. Use your new green appliances not just to make your daily tasks easier, but also as reminders to include the welfare of our planet in your daily decisions.
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