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How To Save Energy In Your Home Efficiently

By Adam Finan


There are some tips that can help you save energy at home and if you follow them, you will not only cut down your expenses, but also will reduce the carbon footprint. However, to make it possible, you have to change your lifestyle, which is very difficult for some people. You don't have to live in an igloo to start saving energy in you home though. Just follow these seven simple tips.

Saving Energy Tip #1: A great saving energy habit that you and your children should learn is to turn off the lights that you do not use. Although it might sound too easy, many people neglect to follow this tip, thus omitting to save petroleum, coal or natural gas used for electricity production. Teach your kids to turn off all the lights in empty rooms and follow this pattern yourself.

Saving Energy Tip #2: Make it a habit to take shorter showers. It might sound funny, but if you take too long showers, you waste both fossil fuels and water. So the next lesson we and our children should learn is to spent up to five minutes in taking showers and save millions gallons of water and less hot water, thus saving energy and other natural resources.

Saving Energy Tip #3: Unplug all home appliances that you do not use to save more energy. The fact is that most of them still consume some electricity when they are plugged in. Unplug them when you do not use them to save more money, electricity and natural resources.

Saving Energy Tip #4: Learn to use thermostat of your cooling and heating appliances to adjust the setting at a higher temperature during the summer months and at a lower temperature during the winter. If you change the temperature with just a few degrees, you will be able to save a lot of fuel oil, money and electricity in both your home and office.

Saving Energy Tip #5: Attic insulation is another very effective method to save a lot of energy at your home. It will prevent the heat to escape through the roof, so you will use less electricity to keep it warm during the winter.

Saving Energy Tip #6: Seal all the leaks in your home to not allow the hot air to come out during the winter, neither to leak in during the summer seasons. Almost all old houses develop such leaks in the area around the exterior doors and windows. Ensure you properly seal all of them to save more energy and money throughout the year.

Saving Energy Tip #7: Last but not least saving energy tip is to make use of energy-efficient light bulbs. Although most people know this tip, they neglect it as not so important and do not practice it. However, keep in mind that LED bulbs last up to 25 times longer and save more than 75% compared to the standard light bulbs. Currently, they are available at lower price and many governments highly recommend their usage because of their efficiency and contribution to the global environment.




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