If you wash with warm water and rinse with cold water, switching to cold could save you up to $52* a year. Your savings can be more than double if you currently wash and rinse with warm.

Since 80-90% of the energy used in doing the wash is used to heat the water, you too may save both energy and money by switching your washing machine dial to cold and leaving it there!

An increasing number of households have already made this no cost, no risk change and have begun to reap the rewards. Switching to Cold also reduces greenhouse gases.

Some detergents like Tide Coldwater market their product and encourage us to wash in cold water however, other brands claim their products work just as well in any temperature. Try it for yourself.

Find more energy saving tips HERE.

* Figures based on a household with electric water heater and thermostat set at 60 C, 6.3 laundry washes per week and 2002 Natural Resources Canada Electricity costs.