How to Save Money on Your Energy Bill

How To SAVE MONEY ON YOUR ENERGY BILL (AND HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT TOO.) 1 CHANGE YOUR LIGHT BULBS CFL BULBS LAST 10,000 HOURS USING ȘIO.40 OF ELECTRICITY (AT $O.08 PER KILOWATT HOUR), THE SAME OUTPUT WITH INCANDESCENTS WOULD COST $48 $37.60 IN SAVINGS CHS LAST UP TO 10 TIMES LONGER THAN INCANDESCENT BULBS AND USE APPROXIMATELY 75% LESS ENERGY. COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULBS (CFLS) INCANDESCENT LIGHTBULBS 2 UPGRADE YOUR APPLIANCES WHEN PURCHASING A NEW APPLIANCE, LOOK FOR THE ENERGY STAR LABEL; IT MEANS THE PRODUCT HAS MET STRICT STANDARDS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SPENDS AROUND $2,000 EVERY YEAR ON THEIR ENERGY BILLS. APPLIANCES WITH THE ENERGY STAR LABEL CAN CUT THOSE BILLS BY 30%, FOR ANNUAL SAVINGS OF AROUND $600. 30% Energ ENERGY STAR SEAL ANY CRACKS & LEAKS USE INEXPENSIVE EXPANDING FOAM AND CAULK TO SEAL CRACKS AROUND WINDOWS, DOORFRAMES, BASEMENT WALLS AND WHERE PIPES ENTER/EXIT DON'T LET YOUR MONEY SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS. SEAL ANY SMALL CRACKS AND LEAKS IN YOUR HOME. WHEN YOU ADD UP THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF ALL THE LEAKS IN YOUR HOME, IT IS THE SAME EFFECT OF LEAVING A WINDOW OPEN FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. 4 ADJUST THE THERMOSTAT INSTALL A PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTAT THAT CAN AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE AT PRESET TIMES, THEY CAN SAVE YOU AROUND $180/YEAR WHEN IT'S WARM OUTSIDE, EACH DEGREE YOU RAISE THE THERMOSTAT ABOVE 78F CAN REDUCE YOUR COOLING COSTS BY AS MUCH AS 10%. 5 INSULATE DON'T JUST INSULATE YOUR ATTIC, INSULATING AN OLDER WATER HEATER CAN SAVE YOU AROUND 4 TO 9 PERCENT ON YOUR WATER HEATING COSTS 4- 9% IN SAVINGS THE ATTIC IS WHERE THE MOST HEAT ESCAPES A HOME FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON, HEAT RISES. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROPERLY INSULATED ATTIC YOUR MONEY IS FLOWING OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. ENERGY STAR ESTIMATES THAT YOU CAN SAVE UP TO 20% ON HEATING AND COOLING COSTS BY EFFECTIVELY INSULATING YOUR HOME. 6 JUST BE ENERGY CONSCIOUS BY ALWAYS BEING ENERGY CONSCIOUS THERE ARE SEVERAL SIMPLE AND FREE WAYS THAT YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF MONEY AND HELP THE ENVIRONMENT TURN OFF OR UNPLUG DEVICES NOT IN USE O PUT FRIDGES & FREEZERS IN COOL AREAS AWAY FROM HEAT O KEEP YOUR OVEN & FRIDGE DOORS CLOSED AS LONG AS POSSIBLE MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU CREATE CLEAN YOUR CLOTHES IN COLD WATER DRY YOUR CLOTHES ON A LAUNDRY LINE PACK YOUR DISHWASHER FULL & LETIT AIR DRY WHEN FINISHED GOOD HABITS TO REDUCE YOUR ENERGY USAGE. USE A MICROWAVE INSTEAD OF AN OVEN, THEY USE 30% LESS ENERGY COVER YOUR WINDOWS WITH BLINDS/CURTAINS ON HOT DAYS daisyenergy. .ca SOURCES: HTTP://WWW.WIKIHOW.COM/SAVE-MONEY-ON-ELECTRICITY HTTP://WWW.BANKRATE.COM/FINANCE/SMART-SPENDING/10-WAYS- TO-SAVE-MONEY-ON-YOUR-UTILITY-BILL-1.ASPX HTTP://WWW.QUICKANDDIRTYTIPS.COM/MONEY-FINANCE/SAVING- SPENDING/HOW-TO-SAVE-MONEY-ON-YOUR-ELECTRICITY-BILL HTTP://WWW.MONEYCRASHERS.COM/10-WAYS- TO-REDUCE- YOUR-UTILITY-BILL/