Energy audits and a quick look inside the energy output of your business can help you save money in the long term. Electrician tools like clamp meters and oscilloscopes can help. Like many New Years Resolutions, saving money on energy costs in 2012 may take some time. After all, for many smaller businesses, sustainable energy is just too costly to implement for the short term. But businesses looking to cut energy costs and reduce their carbon footprint can get started by simply calling their electrician. These energy experts have toolbelts full of electronic testers that can give you an inside view of where your electricity usage is highest and allow you to make changes that can improve your bottom line.

Digital calipers offer improvements on simple, ancient measuring tools. The digital age has seen improvements and adjustments to many of the tools we love. From paper being replaced by cloud-based document sharing, ebooks and e-mail to smartphones replacing home phones in many households, technology has made many long-useful technologies obsolete. With the caliper—a measurement device that dates back to Ancient Greece—the addition of a digital version offers an update long overdue to one of history's most beloved tools. Calipers are basic clamp meters that allow you to measure by stretching a clamp around an item.