• Cut back your water heater to 120 degrees in the summer. You’ll never notice the difference and save.
  • Use line drying instead of your dryer when you can.
  • Use a 2 gallon per minute showerhead and save on your water bill.
  • Buy fans for the hottest parts of your house (the kitchen and near TVs and computers) and save on AC.
  • Sweep your driveway; don’t hose it down.
  • Weather strip and caulk windows and doors.
  • Insulate attics and basements.
  • Buy rechargeable batteries.
  • Washing dishes by hand uses more hot water than dishwashers—unless you use two sinks, one for rinse water and one for sudsy water.
  • Close your fireplace damper.
  • Close refrigerator doors as quickly as possible.
  • Take shorter showers.
  • Set thermostat at 68 degrees during the day and 55 degrees at night, and dress warmly.
  • Fix leaking faucets.
  • Wash your laundry in cold water only.
  • Keep curtains closed on cloudy, cold days and on hot sunny days.
  • Front-loading washing machines are more energy efficient.
  • Buy energy efficient appliances.
  • Replace all your bulbs with Energy Star bulbs.
  • Turn off your computer and unplug it.
  • Check out 1bog.org. You can unite with people with the same zip code to get group discounts on solar-power panels.

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