Home energy saving information

This section of my website covers basic home energy saving information, for the curious, the fact-obsessed, or those wondering where to start. The links on the left of each page cover particular areas of home energy saving such as household appliances, lighting, electricity - check those out if you already know where you want to get your energy savings from. But if you're still wondering where your energy savings might come from - or wondering why saving energy matters - the pages linked below provide plenty of helpful material, from definitions and starting ideas, to a plan to get you started and a checklist to help you cover everything.

Here are the specific pages covering home energy saving information on my site:

First, I explain what we mean by an energy efficient home and how just how efficient such homes can be. Did you know there are homes that are so efficiently built that they have no utility bills at all? How close can your home get?

I cover some unconventional energy saving ideas that can help you get started saving energy in your home. These ideas are my approach to what it takes to approve the maximum savings in your home.

One of the easiest ways to prioritize the activities that will give you the biggest savings at the lowest cost is this energy saving checklist, which you can use to score your home on a 300-point scale to identify possible energy savings.

A checklist is a handy place to find the best sources of savings, but how do you make sure you tackle things the right way? I explain how you can gain a firm understanding of your energy use and create your personal home energy saving plan. A plan is the best way to apply home energy saving information to your particular situation, and to maximize your savings.

To help motivate you even more, I offer some interesting energy saving facts you can use to remind yourself how small gestures can make a big difference, especially when a whole community or country pitches in. For instance, did you know that throwing a single aluminum pop can in the trash, instead of the recycling, wastes the equivalent energy of half a pop can worth of gasoline? That's right. By recycling you can actually cut your total energy use. I'm not the only one who thinks so. All-Recycling-Facts.com provides many interesting recycling facts including the impact of recycling on saving energy.

My motivation for helping you save energy

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One of the man reasons I offer the home energy saving information in this section - and indeed throughout my website - is that I'd like to help you cut your greenhouse gas emissions (that's how I'm hoping to do my bit to stop global warming). Climate change is a serious threat to the human endeavor, and I'd like to think that at least a few of the thousands of visitors who drop by my site every week find tips that help them reduce their contribution to climate change.

If global warming's got you down - if you think it's just too complicated for one person's choices to make a difference - don't give up! I tried to make a difference in my own home, but that didn't seem enough, so I started building this website to help others, and to make a bigger difference.

That's my motivation. If you need your own motivation, consider these energy saving benefits, which extend well beyond just cutting your home utility bills. Energy saving benefits mean you'll have more money, more time, more comfort, better health, and a better outlook on the future!

Finally, I offer a selection of Energy efficiency books you can download from my website if you'd rather have a more traditional book-like document to start your energy saving odyssey, and a collection of energy efficiency tips from visitors to Green Energy Efficient Homes.

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