Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Home Energy Saving Toolkit

Check it out!
Literally, visit your library and – just like a book – check out the new Silicon Valley Energy Watch Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Home Energy Saving Toolkit. It’s stocked with supplies and measuring devices that will help you lower your utility bills while saving precious resources. You get to keep four compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), three faucet aerators, a low-flow showerhead, outlet gaskets, weather stripping and water leak detection tablets. Devices that enable the measurement of energy and water use are to be returned to the library in the toolkit box, and include:
A Kill-A-Watt® Meter for measuring the energy use of appliances and equipment
A thermal detector that checks for heat loss through windows, vents and doors
A special thermometer that helps set refrigerators and freezers to appropriate temperatures
A water flow rate bag that measures the true rate of flow from faucets and showerheads

The accompanying User Guide shows you step-by-step how to measure the energy use and water use of appliances and equipment in your home, and then shows you to reduce that energy and water use. Anyone with a valid library card can borrow a toolkit for up to two weeks from all branches of the San José Public Library (http://www.sjpl.org) and for up to three weeks from the Sunnyvale Public Library (http://www.sunnyvalelibrary.org) and Santa Clara County Library District community libraries (http://www.sccl.org) in Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, and Saratoga.

For more information: https://www.sanjoseca.gov/index.aspx?...