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- Setting your thermostat to 78
- degrees or higher during the hot
- summer months can cut your air
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- Setting your thermostat to 68
- degrees or cooler during the cold
- winter months can cut your heating
- costs by as much as 20%
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- Use extra blankets and set your
- thermostat down at night. The
- blankets will keep you warm and you
- will save valuable heating energy.
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- Plant trees or shrubs on the south
- side of your house to provide
- shade. If you live in an area with
- prevailing winds plant some trees
- on the windward side of your house
- to provide a wind block.
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- Well fitted lined drapes keep out
- the cold or heat much better than
- poorly fitted or unlined drapes.
- If you do not have double pane
- glass you might consider spending
- a little on new drapes or having
- your old ones lined.
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- Caulk around drafty windows and add
- weather stripping around doors.
- These improvements are not very
- expensive and can quickly pay for
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- On pleasant days use natural
- ventilation to cool your home.
- A natural breeze is much cheaper
- and smells fresher than cooled or
- conditioned air.
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- Examine the insulation in your
- attic. Poorly installed or
- inadequate insulation can be
- costing you money every day.
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- Uninsulated or sparsely insulated
- attics waste valuable heating or
- cooling energy. If you live in a
- cold or hot climate you can easily
- gain back the cost of insulating
- your home through reduced energy
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- Examine the insulation in the walls
- of your home. The easiest way to
- do this is to remove an electrical
- outlet or light switch and shine
- a flashlight into the wall. When
- it comes to insulation what you
- "don't" know can cost you.
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- Uninsulated or sparsely insulated
- walls do lose a lot of energy, but
- the cost of adding insulation to
- finished walls is expensive and
- sometimes not practical once the
- home is built. Keep this in mind
- if you are ever building a home.
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- Air conditioners are more pleasant
- than evaporative coolers but they
- use many times more energy. If the
- humidity in your area is not too
- high for one, a piggy back
- evaporative cooler may be an
- excellent way to cut your electric
- energy costs.
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- Change the filter on your air
- conditioner once a month. A dirty
- air filter blocks air flow and
- wastes energy.
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- Check the temperature on your hot
- water heater. If it is set to over
- 120 degrees you are probably
- wasting energy. The hotter the
- thermostat temperature is the more
- energy it takes to get the water up
- to temperature and the harder it is
- to keep it there.
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- A fire place without glass doors
- can actually draw more heat out of
- your home than it generates. This
- is due to the fact that the hot air
- rising through the chimney draws
- warm room air out the chimney with
- it and sucks cold air in thru the
- cracks and crevices of your home.
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- Close the damper of your fireplace
- when it is not in regular use. An
- open damper can lose as much heat
- as an open window.
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- Cover pots and pans while you are
- cooking. The food cooks faster and
- you are not filling the room with
- heat and humidity. This tip is
- especially important in the hot
- summer months when you are trying
- to cool your home.
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- Never cook with the oven door open.
- Your oven was designed to heat up
- a small area not the whole room.
- Leaving the door open wastes energy
- in two ways. First the food takes
- longer cook and second the room is
- heated and may have to be re-cooled.
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- Dishwashers are very convenient but
- are heavy users of electricity.
- Hand washing of dishes is a good
- way to get your dishes cleaner and
- save energy too.
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- Washing one dish in your dishwasher
- uses as much energy as a whole load.
- One way to save energy is to wait
- until you have a full load of dishes
- before starting your dishwasher.
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- The air dry cycle on your dishwasher
- uses much less energy than the heat
- dry cycle and is less harmful to
- wood handled or plastic utensils.
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- Washing one full load of laundry
- is more energy efficient than
- washing several partial loads.
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- Washing your clothes in warm or cold
- water can not only saves energy but
- also prevents damage to your
- fine clothing. This saves money
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- A faulty seal on your refrigerator
- can waste energy and spoil your
- food. The replacement seals are
- fairly inexpensive and quickly pay
- for themselves in saved energy.
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- Every time you open the door of
- your refrigerator about 25% of the
- cold air falls out onto the floor.
- You can save energy if you plan your
- trips to the refrigerator removing
- or replacing several items in each
- trip.
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