Ways to Save Energy & Money

Adapted from:  33 Ways to Save Energy & Money, www.clarkpublicutilities.com

Decide if the statement is true or false. 

1.       Keep your home at 72 degrees or lower.

2.       Do not lower your heat when you go to bed or when you aren’t home.

3.       Clean or change furnace filters every spring.

4.       Don’t cover registers and heaters with furniture.

5.       Use fluorescent light bulbs.

6.       Turn off lights that you don’t need.

7.       Set your water temperature to 90-98.6 degrees.

8.       Wash only full loads of clothes.

9.       Wash your clothes with warm water.

10.     Clean the lint screen on your dryer after you dry your clothes.

11.      Repair leaking/dripping faucets.

12.     Heat food in the microwave.

13.     When you use your oven, cook only cook one item at a time.

14.     Keep your refrigerator at 48 degrees and your freezer at 32 degrees.

15.     Your freezer works more efficiently when it’s ½ full.