Have an energy efficient idea for your home?

Blue Line Innovations, maker of the PowerCost home energy monitor, is sponsoring a video contest for energy efficiency—with five entries winning a free PowerCost Monitor.

Participants just need to:

1. Think of an energy saving tip for your home.
2. Make a short video.
3. Upload your video to YouTube.
4. Then submit your link to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by Aug. 9.

The five winning videos will be decided by voters who view
www.youtube.com/user/powercostmonitor and comment on their favorite submission.

You can read contest rules and regulations here.

A PowerCost Monitor uses a senor attached to home’s electrical meter to read the home’s total electricity usage and report the data wirelessly to a small display monitor. The systems start at about $110. Blue Line Innovations says that just making small energy conservation changes can mean up to 18 percent in energy savings.

Steven Castle - Contributing Writer

Steven Castle is Electronic House's managing editor. he has been writing about consumer electronics, homes and energy efficiency topics for two decades. He is also the co-founder of GreenTech Advocates.