Home Energy Efficiency Checklist

There are a number of different ways, in addition to insulating your home, to save energy and help ensure that your home is energy efficient. Use the following list to find out what you can do to save additional energy.

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Summer Energy Savings Tips

When you're outside in the summer don't forget about your home. The following tips will help you maximize your home's energy efficiency.

  • Turn off air conditioning when you go out. It takes more energy to maintain the temperature level of a cooled home than it does to bring it back to the desired temperature.
  • Cool with fans whenever possible. They use as little as one-tenth the electricity used by an air conditioner.
  • Save heat-producing activities such as washing and drying clothes indoors for summer's cooler evening hours.
  • Use an outdoor clothesline to dry clothes on warm summer days