When you buy electrical appliances for your home you must buy only star rated brands that would ensure that you save on power consumption. Five star rating is awarded to equipments that save maximum electricity through innovative design concepts. Replace all the incandescent bulbs in your home with power saving CFL bulbs and LED bulbs to see a drastic fall in power consumption. In the winters you need to ensure that your home is insulated adequately so that the hot air in the home does not escape outside easily. This would keep the load light on your heaters and would enable you to save on power bills. Before using the washing machine you should keep your clothes soaked in detergents for at least 2 hours. You can now use the shorter cycle of washing that would cut down the running time of the machine by forty percent. The washing would be perfect and even better than the washing with a longer time setting alone.