By the time thi article posts, I will be in the air, on the first leg of my trip to Spokane, WA. I will be attending a Neighborhoods USA (NUSA) Conference, and while there, one of the topics that will be discussed will be "Green issues." With that thought in mind, I thought these money saving and Eco-friendly ideas would be of interest. Love to hear your ideas to.
- Insulate your walls and ceilings
- Modernize your windows
- Plant shade trees and paint your house a light color if you live in a warm climate, or a dark color if you live in a cold climate.
- Weatherize your home or apartment, using caulk and weather stripping to plug air leaks around doors and windows.
- Turn your refrigerator down.
- Use Warm or Cold water rather then Hot, when doing laundry
- Make sure your dishwasher is full when you run it and use the energy saving setting, if available, to allow the dishes to air dry.
- Turn your water heater down to 120 degrees F.
- Replace your old appliances with the most energy efficient ones you can find.
- Wrap your water heater in an insulating jacket.
- use energy efficient CFL light bulbs.
- Clean or replace air filters as recommended
- Heating and cooling
Winter settings: 68 F - Daytime /55 degrees - night
Summer settings: keep it at 78 degrees - Use less hot water by installing low-flow shower heads. (or use a shower timer to curtail lengthy showers. example A and example B)
- Whenever possible, walk, bike, car pool, or use mass transit.
- When you next buy a car, choose one that gets better mileage.
- Buy minimally packaged goods, choose reusable products over disposable ones, and recycling, to reduce waste.
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