10 Energy Saving Tips That Will Save You Money!

October 14th, 2008 by Don Marshall

Here are 10 energy saving tips you can put to use right now. Implement them and you will see your home energy costs decrease. It’s as simple as that.

1. Move large pieces of furniture (coaches, sofas, cabinets, etc.) away from both cold and hot air registers. Large objects blocking the returns will result in a room that is either too hot or too cold.

To get the best heat circulation and efficiency make sure furniture doesn’t interfere with that circulation.

2. Change or clean the furnace filter. Have you done this recently? If not your furnace is working harder than it should and it’s circulating dirty air through your home. Using a dirty furnace filter is like throwing money away and it’s an unnecessary risk to your family’s health. This may be one of the simplest, yet most important energy saving tips.

3. Use your microwave to cook your foods partially, even if you are going to finish the cooking on your range. The microwave can also be used to thaw foods before cooking. the microwave works faster, so it saves energy.

4. Repair any leaky faucets. This is another one of the most important energy saving tips. You could be wasting gallons of water every year if your faucets leak, There’s no reason for it. Simply take a wrench and tighten the faucet handles or pick up a new one. Most of them are easy to install.

5. Clean the lint filter in your clothes dryer on a daily basis. The dryer will run more efficiently and use less energy. Not only that it will reduce the possibility of a lint fire. In fact, the lint vent should be cleaned periodically too.

6. Check the windows for gaps and cracks and seal them. Adjust or replace storm doors if they aren’t sealing tightly.

7. Add weather stripping to your windows and doors. This is a good strategy for saving your energy dollars. It will stop hot air from escaping in the winter and cool air from escaping in the summer.

8. Don’t run your dishwasher or clothes dryer until you can put in a full load. It takes as much energy to run these appliances when they are only half full.

9. Put in a hand held shower head. They save on water and you can use them to clean the shower out.

10. Make the change to energy efficient light bulbs. I’m not saying you should throw out your perfectly good light bulbs, but you should have a supply of energy saving bulbs on hand to replace the old ones when they burn out.

There you have it, 10 easy to implement, energy saving tips that will help save you money.

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