A Solar Fabric Dehydrator is the hottest new kind of low-cost renewable energy source that dries your clothes with no carbon emissions. Yes, you can tell your friends you have installed solar and wind power at your home, for the price of a clothesline. Why dry your laundry with fossil fuel powered energy when you can take advantage of the sun and wind in your own backyard.
Energy Star says electric clothes dryers use 4 % of residential electricity in the United States, while the US Department of Energy rate them as the second biggest user of household energy.
Consider air-drying laundry on clotheslines or drying racks:
Solar power is free
Sun is a natural germ killer, more effective than bleach
Clothes will last longer and smell nice
Fun family project, good exercise, relaxing
Humidify dry winter air in your home by hanging laundry to dry on racks
Prevent 200 pounds of carbon dioxide a year for one less dryer-load a week
CLOTHES DRYING TOOLS

a metal rack for over the tub
This is Step #6 from the 25 Steps to Saving Energy from Cool Congregations,
a program of Iowa Interfaith Power & Light



