{"id":92035,"date":"2022-09-01T09:33:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T07:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/?p=92035"},"modified":"2024-06-05T18:40:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T16:40:34","slug":"courage-to-be-independent-shutting-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/blog\/greenlifestyle\/courage-to-be-independent-shutting-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Courage to be independent: <i>Shutting down\u2026?<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"92035\" class=\"elementor elementor-92035 elementor-89536\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56acfecf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56acfecf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b1a44 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43b1a44\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bdd8eaf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bdd8eaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52fc3c20 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"52fc3c20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4443ade elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text 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class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Respect<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324f96c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"324f96c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tphoto: ron lach von pexels\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37e39680 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37e39680\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65b00b59\" data-id=\"65b00b59\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23c9e951\" data-id=\"23c9e951\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-379cb66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"379cb66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>When energy costs are rising, like it is currently the case, that is always a good reason to share some tips on energy conservation.<\/strong><\/em> For example, each degree room temperature can save up to 6% of the total energy consumption of a house, says Gisela Kienzle, architect and energy consultant for the German consumer advice center. That has inevitably and especially an impact on old buildings. <em>Were you aware of that? I wasn\u2019t. In that sense \u2013 winter is coming \u2013 let\u2019s start knitting some sweaters and warm socks.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62ec0374\" data-id=\"62ec0374\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-406139d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"406139d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce8e318\" data-id=\"ce8e318\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba28e7c\" data-id=\"ba28e7c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1690749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1690749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Another interesting fact about energy conservation: <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-878dc9e\" data-id=\"878dc9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53aff6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53aff6a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c77105\" data-id=\"4c77105\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3477f7d\" data-id=\"3477f7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c6a78c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c6a78c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>About 28% of the total energy consumption in an average German household are caused by computers, TVs and similar devices. Whereby large stationary computers consume about 300 watt per hours, which is almost 10 times as much as laptops consume.<\/strong> <\/em>The good thing: You are in control. And you can put it in standby mode whenever you do not need it \u2013 even if it is just for a short time. Or even better: Turn it off. And relax. Meaning: Don\u2019t turn on the TV immediately after work, because it consumes about as much energy as your stationary computer <em>(depending on the size).<\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>And did you know, that a computer that is in standby mode for 22 hours (there are people who believe that you should never shut down your computer) consumes about 80 kWh per year?*<\/strong> <\/em>That equals the amount of 100 140 \u00b0F wash loads. <em>We had no idea.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-515e91a\" data-id=\"515e91a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dcbcd12 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4dcbcd12\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2faa7450\" data-id=\"2faa7450\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63702782\" data-id=\"63702782\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a45959 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a45959\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">That attaches a completely new quality to reading a book.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d0f69b5\" data-id=\"6d0f69b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-529f47c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"529f47c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21b70e2\" data-id=\"21b70e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96e8837\" data-id=\"96e8837\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07585c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07585c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>The question remains: Can you become self-sufficient regarding energy?<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>For private individuals in Germany that is quite complicated, but meanwhile there are so called plug-in solar systems for your balcony, terrace, or backyard. They cannot cover the energy demand of an entire household, but it is definitely worth it, when the energy price is at 40 cents. <em>If you want to learn more about it, check out the article <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/mount-hagen-and\/greenlifestyle\/using-the-sun-for-more-independence\/\">\u201cUsing the sun for more independence\u201d<\/a> under the rubric <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/mount-hagen\/green-lifestyle\/\">\u201cGreen Lifestyle\u201d<\/a> here on our blog.<\/em><\/p><p><em><strong>And there is even a power-saving method for preparing your coffee:<\/strong> Without a machine, as a pour-over. And how to perfect that method you can \u2013 of course \u2013 read on our blog in the chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/coffee-culture\/\">\u201ccoffee culture\u201d<\/a>, right <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/coffee-culture\/coffeeprep\/the-aroma-of-2-minutes-30\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Source:<\/em><br \/><em>*Beratungsgesellschaft co2online<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-372abc3\" data-id=\"372abc3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Energy conservation is not as hard as one might think.<\/b> You simply need to change some of your habits. <I>Which ones, and the effect of shutting down more often, we explain here. <\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":111939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[69],"custom_tag":[105],"class_list":["post-92035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greenlifestyle","tag-respect","custom_tag-green-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92035"},{"taxonomy":"custom_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom_tag?post=92035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}