Smart phones are useful for so many things. One of the things we at Sungate love our Smartphones for is their ability to help us go green and save money. Here are five applications for the iPhone and five for the Android you’ll love if you’re interested in saving energy and saving money.
For the iPhone
Meter Read: Track your home’s energy consumption and learn how you can reduce it.
Green Outlet: Monitor your home’s energy use and rid yourself of those parasitic devices and other drains on your home’s energy usage.
Good Guide: Find healthy, sustainable and safe products when you shop. You can locate stores and products quickly and easily by zip code.
iRecycle: This is the most comprehensive reference of recycling information on the web.
The Green Meter: This application computes your vehicle’s power and fuel usage and evaluates your driving habits to help you increase efficiency, reduce fuel consumption and cost, and lower your environmental impact.
For the Android
Ecorio: This cool Android application allows you to track your carbon footprint and learn about ways to reduce and offset it.
No Dry Clean :Use this application to find dry cleaners who use alternative methods for clothes cleaning to help you avoid toxic dry cleaning processes.
Easy Green Tips: Get daily tips on going green, including ways to save energy in your home with this application.
Carbon Meter: This application tracks and logs your environmentally friendly activities. You can keep track of the green things you’re doing, like riding your bike instead of driving your car, and look for ways to increase those green activities.
Eco Footprint: Calculate your own carbon footprint and learn about ways to reduce it with this application from the Wildlife Fund.
At Sungate Energy Solutions, we’re interested in all the ways we can help save the planet; from installing our energy efficient and money saving solar energy systems to recycling our trash to walking instead of driving. We’re here to help you find more ways to save the planet.