Home Energy Saving Monitor ENVI-CC128 with Transmitter: tracks your energy consumption in real time. It is powered by Google Meter and lets you study your results on your computer.

Belkin Conserve Socket F7C009q Energy-Saving Outlet: allows you to control your products’ energy consumption and keep them only on for a specific number of minutes or hours.

Belkin Conserve Smart AV F7C007q Energy-Saving Power Strip: a good choice to have to turn off peripherals when you turn off your TV. Offers surge protection which is nice.

Black & Decker EM100B Monitor: tracks your energy usage minute by minute. You can use it to figure out how your appliances are affecting your energy usage.

If you want to save energy at home and get control of troublesome products, the above products can help.

Blue Line Innovations BLI 31100 PowerCost Monitor: a powerful tool that tracks your current and historical electricity usage and lets you figure out how you can go about saving energy at home.

Black & Decker EM100B Energy Saver Series Power Monitor: a wireless solution that is very easy to install and lets you find out which products are consuming too much energy at home.

P3 International P4400 Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor: an affordable energy monitor that lets you can connect your appliances to and identify the problematic ones in your home.

TED 5000-C – The Energy Detective: works with Google Meter and lets you stay on top of your energy consumption at all times. It is compatible with solar and wind energy homes too.

Belkin Conserve Insight F7C005q Energy Cost Monitor: it is yet to be released to the market but this gadget can show you how much your devices can cost you on an annual or monthly basis. It shows your carbon dioxide emissions too.

Being passive about saving energy is not going to turn out too well. The above tools help you take control of things and decrease your energy consumption while saving money in the process.

Programmable thermostats are a great way to save money by saving energy at home. If you live in an area that happens to have summer and winter seasons, you probably have spent more energy that you should have to keep your house/apartment warm. By getting one of these programmable thermostats, you can always outsource the process of managing your heat and cooling system and spend only as much energy as you want. These gadgets let you program your system in advance so you won’t have to worry about forgetting things.

There are plenty of programmable thermostats on the market and most of them come with similar features. But here are 3 that give you the best the market has to offer, and they work too:

Lux Products TX9000TS Touch Screen 7 Day Programmable Thermostat: an affordable but effective thermostat that saves you money in the long run. It comes with an energy usage monitor so you know when to stop heating or cooling your home.

Honeywell RTH7600B / RTH7600D: the system I am currently using in my own house. It’s capable of saving you a lot of money if you follow the instructions and program accordingly. It’s compatible with all kinds of systems.

WIN100 Heating & Cooling Programmable Outlet Thermostat: a programmable thermostat for Window Air Conditioners and Electric Space Heaters. All you have to do is plug it into your wall outlet and connect your heater or cooler. Once you program it, it’s going to save you a lot of money.

There you have it. If you intend to save money at home by consuming less energy without changing your lifestyle, programming thermostats are decent gadgets to start with.

Everybody wants to save money these days. I have talked about in the past how you can use DIY green guides to go solar and save money that way. But not everyone’s is prepared to go that far. If that is the case with you, you can always spend less energy and save money that way. One way to save money on your electricity bill is by using a dimmer. A dimmer is a device that lets you turn your lights dim and save energy in the process.

Lutron Skylark Eco-Dim Dimmer is a gadget that lets you dim your lights and save a lot of money in the process. By dimming your lights to 50%, you are going to save a lot of energy. And you are going to increase the life of your bulbs as well. I got to admit. When I first heard about this dimmer, I was a little bit skeptical. After all, dimming my lights by 50% just seemed unrealistic. But you’d be surprised what you can get away with by using these dimmers. And the more places you use these dimmers, the more money you save.

Lutron Skylark Eco-Dim Dimmer is very easy to install. It took me about 30 minutes to get this to work. The instructions are simple to follow, and you don’t have to be an electrician to put this to work. Best of all, you can turn the Eco mode off if you prefer. Overall, if you want to save money on your energy bills without going solar, you can always try going dimmer. It can save you a decent amount of money, and it’s very easy to do.