Save Money by Reducing Your Utility Costs

Light Bulbs
Replace conventional light bulbs with the new compact fluorescent bulbs, they are four times as powerful and will last ten times as long.

Thermostat
Keep your thermostat set no higher than 68 degrees in winter and no lower than 78 degrees in summer. In winter, every degree higher can raise heating costs by 3%. In summer, every degree lower can raise cooling costs by 6%.

Water
Set your hot water heater temperature between 110 and 120 degrees. Having the temperature any higher is unnecessary and is wasted energy.

For laundry, stick to doing large loads of laundry which use about 21 gallons of water. Avoid doing several small loads, which each use about 14 gallons of water. By doing one large load instead of several small ones, you can save around 7 gallons of water. It might not seem like much, but over the course of a year, it will add up.

Don’t run the dishwasher unless it’s a full load and instead of using the heat cycle, let the dishes air dry.