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I work as a granite counter top fabricator/installer.
I try to use my car insted of the 10-15mpg work truck to go to job sites to do take mesurments.
I've turned the thermostat on the water heater (5 gallon) for the handwashing sink down from about 160F to 110F, along with adding a programable thermostat on the furnice so the heat drops at night and kicks back up in the morning.
I've started to bring home the rock sludge to use as a soil aditive for the garden.
I've eliminated standard incondecent light bulbs.
I've taken the Kill-a-watt meter in and found that things like the amplifier for the CD player draws 200 watts just for being turned on (tools get loud, music gets louder) so I started turning that off when I leave.
It's a difficult place to cut back on electricity used, because the small hand held polishers draw around 500-600 watts, and the saw we use the most has a 3.5 hp motor and can draw up to 4,000 watts (I've triped the 20 amp 220v braker), of course it only gets used for 5 minutes to make a cut/30-45minuts a day.
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