Update your home and conserve energy | Access 2 Knowledge

I have been researching ways to improve the overall value and energy efficiency of my home. I have found several sites that provide some great resources on how to do simple things like updating your kitchen cabinets to reducing your homes carbon footprint.You can provide a detailed overview of your home through a simple step by step process and then see your energy report based on the total consumption. After completing these simple steps I was shocked at just how much energy and overall money we spend a year. Based on our energy consumption I have some work to do. Based on the average in our area we were almost double the amount spent. The site helps provide steps to reduce energy based on your input and then provides some additional energy savings tips such as using ceiling fans more to help cool your home. Here were a few of the energy saving tips that are simple to do and cost little to implement and will give the biggest payback:

These are just a few of the tips that you can do right now to saving money and helping to reduce your energy consumption and carbon footprint on the environment. Take the couple of minutes to visit Microsoft Hohm and see first hand how you can start saving money on your energy costs. I was impressed with this free service because not only is it free but they help to provide a check list of items that are recommended so that you can use this as a reminder to help with those Spring projects around the home and focus on ways to help improve the world we live in.

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  • Lower your thermostat (should have a programmable thermostat) by just a few degrees when you are not at home (approx savings $154/yr)
  • Lower the temperature on you water heater (approx savings $135/yr)
  • Replace your inside and outside incandescent light bulbs with more energy efficient LED bulbs (approx savings $83/yr)
  • Use the sleep or hibernate mode for your PC/Laptops when not in use ( approx savings $45/yr)