Attack the biggest energy-users first
Replace your major power users with energy efficient choices. Dipple Plumbing, Electrical, Heating and Air can help you with your choices and installation.
- Heating
- Air Conditioning
- Lighting (if you're not already using compact fluorescents, aka CFL's)
- Clothes Washer
- Clothes Dryer
- Refrigerator (if it was made before 2001)
- Water Heater
U.S. homeowners can enjoy a whopping 30% tax credit for installing things like attic insulation, a metal roofs, and EnergyStar rated Heating and Air (air conditioning systems), in 2009 and 2010.
Easy Fixes
- Use space heaters to heat only the rooms you're in (rather than a central system that heats the whole house), and turning off the heat when you're not home.
- Use ceiling fans instead of the air conditioner
- Turn off lights you're not using
- Use a clothesline or a laundry rack instead of a dryer
- Sleep your computer when you're not using it
- Wash laundry in cold water instead of hot or warm
- Turn off a single 100-watt light bulb, from running constantly
- Replace ten 60-watt light bulbs with compact fluorescents
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