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Heating and cooling
  • In summer, keep shades drawn to keep the cool in.
  • In winter, open shades to let the sunlight to help warm rooms.
  • In winter, keep your thermostat cooler at night or when the house is empty.
  • Install a programmable thermostat to heat and cool rooms only when necessary.
  • Plant trees around your house to cut cooling costs in summer.
  • Insulate your walls and ceilings.
  • Install a light-colored or reflective roof.


    • Appliances
  • Upgrade to Energy Star products. Not all appliances are equal. Whether you're in the market for a new fridge, toaster or air conditioner, look for Energy Star choices, which offer the best energy savings.
  • Size counts. When in the market for an appliance, make sure you buy what suits your needs. Items too large or too small waste electricity and your money.
  • Unplug. Your electric meter is often adding up kilowatt hours when you don’t think you’re using an appliance. Unplug toasters and cell phone, laptop, and other chargers when they’re not in use. Don't use air fresheners that have to be plugged in.
  • Use power strips. Cable boxes and video game boxes, and to a lesser extent TVs and VCRs, use almost as much energy when they're off as when they're on. Make it easy to turn them all the way off—plug them into a power strip and turn off the whole strip.


    • Lighting
  • Use energy-efficient lights. Changing just one 75-watt bulb to a compact fluorescent light cuts roughly 1,300 pounds of global warming pollution. They also last up to 15 times as long and save you money. (Learn how to pick the best bulbs.)
  • Turn off lights. A good chunk of lighting expenses is from rooms that stay unnecessarily lit.
  • Use natural light. Open shades and use sunlight to help light rooms.
  • Install motion-sensors so that lights automatically turn on when someone is in the room and turn off when empty.


    • Green Energy
  • Use the energy saver cycle on your dishwasher and only run it when full.
  • Wash clothes in warm or cold water, not hot.
  • Turn down your water heater to 120°Fahrenheit.
  • Clean or replace the air filter on your air conditioner.
  • Install low-flow shower heads to use less hot water.
  • Caulk and weatherstrip around doors and windows.
  • Ask your utility company for a free home energy audit.






    • "What You Can Do." Fight Global Warming. 3 Mar 2007
    <http://fightglobalwarming.com/page.cfm?tagID=135>.


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