Cooking
- Don't preheat your oven, and use the smaller of the two ovens if you have a dual unit. Cook complete meals of several dishes simultaneously in the oven.
- If you have a microwave oven, use it for reheating and cooking small quantities of food.
- Cook on range top burners when practical instead of in the oven.
- Use the smallest pan necessary to do the job. Smaller surfaces require less energy. Match the pan size to the element size. For example, a 6" pan on an 8" burner can waste over 40% of the heat produced by the burner.