28 Ways to Save Money on Utilities

1. After baking in the oven, leave the oven door cracked to heat the house.
2. Use a toaster oven or a crock-pot to cook instead of cooking in the oven. It uses less energy.
3. Close the heater vents in rooms you aren’t using.
4. Close the doors to rooms you aren’t using.
5. Consider downgrading cable options or getting rid of cable all together.
6. Ceiling fans can keep a room cool in the summer and warm in the winter. There is a switch to rotate the cool air up or bring the warm air down.
7. Use fans to keep cool. Fans are less costly to use than the air conditioner.
8. Eventually replace appliances with appliances that have Energy Star approval.
9. Use a clothesline to dry clothes.
10. Use your bath towel more than once before washing it.
11. Eventually switch to CFL bulbs. Find them on sale and stockpile them.
12. Get rid of your cell phone.
13. Get rid of your Internet connection at home. Use the Internet at school or the library.
14. Insulate your home to the proper levels.
15. If you water your lawn, time the sprinklers so you don’t overuse the water.
16. If you have a cell phone think about getting rig of your landline.
17. Use weather striping to keep the cold out.
18. Put in your storm windows in the winter.
19. Keep your freezer full. An empty freezer requires more energy to keep cold.
20. Quit watering your lawn.
21. Shorten your showers.
22. Set the thermostat at 68 degrees in the winter and 78 degrees in the summer. Use a programmable thermostat to set the levels for different times of the day.
23. Use heavy drapes over your windows. In the summer it keeps the warmth out and in the winter it keeps the warmth in.
24. Turn off the water while you brush your teeth
25. Turn off the lights when not using a room.
26. Turn off your appliances when not using them.
27. Use coffee cup that can be washed instead of Styrofoam.
28. Unplug small appliances when they are not in use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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