Environmental Tips to Save Energy

• Your appliances need a tune-up too; clean all filters and coils.
• When replacing hard-to-reach light bulbs, such as exterior porch lights, switch to energy efficient compact fluorescent bulbs. You will not have to change them for up to seven years!
• Use your window coverings to help warm or cool your house.
• Make your home more energy-efficient through improved insulation, caulking and weather-stripping. The less energy you use, the less impact you have on the environment.
• Install and use a programmable thermostat. For every 1° C you lower your thermostat, you can save 2% on your heating bill. A reduction of 3° C at night and when you are away during the day provides optimal savings and can reduce your greenhouse gas emissions by half a tonne.
• When buying a new appliance, choose an energy-efficient one.
• When not using devices that have a "phantom load" unplug them, or plug them into a power bar and turn that off.
• Hang your clothes to dry. The lint collected from the dryer's filter: that's your clothes slowly disintegrating!
• Kids! Energy efficiency can be practiced at home, at school and during recreational activities – in fact, practically anywhere and anytime in our day-to-day activities. This may be as simple as turning off the lights when leaving a room, or bicycling to school instead of asking mom or dad for a ride. Encouraging energy efficiency reduces the use of fossil fuels, thus reducing emissions of harmful pollutants into the Earth's atmosphere.

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Melissa