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Making your Home & Pocketbook a Little GREENER!
Our weather has been a little unseasonable lately, but unfortunately it won't last forever. Here is a list of inexpensive things that you can do to save money and be more energy efficient at home:
- Eliminate cold drafts by air sealing your home with caulking and weather-stripping. 25 - 40% of a home's heat loss can be prevented by proper air sealing.
- Use energy efficient lighting such as compact fluorescents.
- Consider adding insulation, particularly in the attic.
- When buying new windows select energy efficient features. Look for models that are filled with argon gas and that have a low "e"-coating.
- Consider upgrading your furnace, or even switching to a cheaper fuel source.
- Use EnerGuide labels to help you buy energy efficient appliances.
- Unplug that second fridge that you never use.
- Install a programmable thermostat and give your furnace a break while you're not home.
- Install a water saving showerhead.
- Change your furnace filter once a month.
- Install a humidifier on your furnace.
- Fix leaky faucets - a dripping tap can waste up to 160 litres of water per day.
Source: Jason Parker Cain - Century 21
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 | Leanne Smith
Broker
Remax Orillia Realty 1996 Ltd. Brokerage
97 Neywash St, Orillia, ON
L3V 6R9
Bus: 705-325-1373
Fax: 705-325-4135
E-mail:
leanne@
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