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Home Energy Saving Tips From Yahoo! Finance

Overall, the average household spends over $1,600 on fuel and electricity throughout the year. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, more than 50 percent of that is spent on cooling and heating our homes. And on top of that, the Environmental Protection Agency reports that we spend as much as $500 per year on water and sewer bills.

And that’s why Yahoo! Finance has come up with a few handy home energy savings tips for us to check out here.

They include…

  1. Get a home energy audit

  2. Seal up air leaks.

  3. Tune up your air conditioning.

  4. Supplement air conditioning with an attic fan.

  5. Unplug appliances before you go on vacation.

  6. Save with smart landscaping.

  7. Use water wisely.



 
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