If you want to maintain the family economy, it is essential to know how to use electricity, water and gas services responsibly, because these are usually a significant expense every month.

In addition, the care of the basic resources will allow you to help the environment, since these are limited resources. Here are some tips to save and reduce the use of basic services.

Electricity is one of the most used resources in households and unfortunately, the production of electricity uses an energy mix that expels high levels of CO2.

Some tips to save electricity are:

• Use LED light bulbs, save 10 times more than any bulb
• Update your appliances and choose the ones that save more electricity
• Disconnect all devices that you do not use
• Use light colors on the interior walls of your home, that will give more natural lighting
• Invests in social panels

The figures of water consumption for each inhabitant are growing more and more, which will have serious consequences in the future if we do not take measures from now on.

Tips to reduce water consumption:

• Use the washer discharges to clean floors and bathrooms
• Take showers of no more than 5 minutes and close the key every time you soaping
• Close the water valves every time you leave the house, this way you will avoid leaks
• Turn off the tap when you lather the dishes
• Do not wash the car with hoses, use buckets
• Fill a glass every time you wash your teeth, face or shave, instead of opening the key until you finish
• Wash your fruits and vegetables in a container and not directly from the key

Finally, although gas is an indispensable resource for the economic development of a country, the overexploitation of this resource has been depleting oil reserves, world reserves only to supply approximately 30 more years

Tips to reduce the use of gas:

• Verify that your facilities work correctly, hire a specialist in case there are leaks
• Dry clothes with the sun and not with the dryer
• Close the gas valves once you finish preparing your food
• Turn off the water heater once everyone has finished bathing