You may have not thought about reducing the ecological footprint of your house while you are sleeping. Just think while you are blissfully sleeping away you can be making a difference in lowering your carbon footprint. Listed below is tips to making your home more “Green” during the night.

Turn Them Off

It is important to make your pre-bed routine involve going around and turning off every electrical item you can. Your computer is one important item to turn off; even in sleep mode your computer continues to suck up energy. Also, for everything that you can unplug the item as well. Items turned off though still plugged in still drain unneeded energy and increase your carbon footprint. This is called phantom load or phantom power.

Night Light

Many night lights are not designed to be eco friendly. Switch your lights at night to LED nightlights that will reduce the ecological footprint. You can still keep the monsters away with better nightlights.

Season Your Bed

Have you ever thought of going out in the chilly winter without a jacket? Probably not, so take that idea to your bedding. In the winter changing your sheets to warmer materials and an extra blanket will lower the need for more heating costs while you sleep. The same works in the summer where light bedding sheets will allow for less cooling at night.