Between hosting parties, cooking Christmas dinner, and baking edible gifts, the kitchen is the workhorse of every holiday season.
But just because you're making the most of it this time of year doesn't mean you're being as eco-conscious as you could be: kitchen and laundry appliances account for more than a third of household electricity consumption.
To help reduce your energy expenditure during the busiest cooking time of the year, Whirlpool's Institute of Kitchen Science offered some conservation tips. A few ways to cook with an ecological conscience this Christmas, when you read more.