Cut Your Energy Costs

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If you are trying to cut your energy costs, you will first need to find out which parts of your house use the most energy. Every house will have different areas that use more energy than another area. You can have an energy audit performed on your house to show you exactly where you are using the most energy and suggest the most effective ways to cut your energy costs.

There are a couple of different ways that you can perform an energy audit. You can do the audit yourself; you can contact your local utility company or an independent energy auditor for a complete examination.

Try checking the insulation levels in your exterior and basement walls, attic, floors and crawl spaces to cut your energy costs. You will also want to check for holes or cracks around your windows, doors, ceiling, light and plumbing fixtures to cut your energy costs. Fixing and closing off open fireplace dampers will also cut your energy costs.

Another excellent way to cut your energy costs is to make sure your appliances, heating and cooling systems are properly maintained. To find out the recommended maintenance for these appliances, check your owner’s manual.

Studying and learning your family’s energy needs and patterns, such as energy use for high use areas like living rooms, kitchen and outdoors light can cut your energy costs. Use dimmers, timers or occupancy sensors to reduce your overall lighting energy use. You can also replace stand or incandescent light bulbs with compact or standard fluorescent lights.

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