As an initiative of the Governor’s Energy Challenge, Georgians interested in the energy efficiency of their home appliances are encouraged to check-out a Kill A Watt Energy Detector Toolkit at any of the state’s public libraries. The Kill A Watt unit measures the energy consumption of individual appliances by the Kilowatt-hour and estimates the cost of operating the appliance by the hour, day, week, month and year. The purpose of this initiative is to empower Georgians to learn about their energy consumption and to take steps to conserve energy and to lower their utility bills.

As part of the Governor’s Energy Challenge, GEFA is providing the following resources to help you best utilize the Kill A Watt unit and to conserve energy.

Appliance Efficiency Tracker - Record your findings, calculate the cost and energy consumption of each appliance over a year, and identify the most energy-intensive appliances.

Share your findings - Share your findings and identify the steps you will take to conserve energy in your home or business.

Join the Governor’s Energy Challenge – Pledge to reduce your energy consumption 15 percent!

Find a public library near you - Visit www.georgialibraries.org for public library locations throughout Georgia.