Reducing your energy usage

[Naturally]

Have you been successful in reducing your energy usage? How do you know you have reduced your energy usage? How did you do it? Was it easy for you?

[GoOrganic]

We used to keep the temperature in our home set in the lower 70's and have reduced it to 65, 67 if we start feeling cold, and we wear sweaters now. We also put our electronics products on power strips because we can turn them off easily when they aren't in use. Another thing we did is was to switch to energy saving light bulbs,

[Cathy]

We turned the thermostat down and started wearing heavier clothing if we get chilled, and we use energy saving light bulbs. We didn't know that electronics still use current when they are turned off. We're getting an electrical strip to put them on tomorrow. We want our home to be as eco-friendly as possible.

[EcoFriendly]

We use programmable thermostats in both heating zones of our home and we keep the temperature cool and wear sweatshirts. We used to just adjust the thermostat automatically, but would forget at times and would be inconsistent in adjusting it so we found the programmable thermostats worth the money.

We also turned down the water heater to 120 degrees.

Both of these efforts have made a significant difference.

[Emery]

Today is good topic for me specially and i was searching this thread and finally i got it and i want to share a tip about this thread.We used to keep the temperature in our home set in the lower 70's and have reduced it to 65, 67 if we start feeling cold, and we wear sweaters now.

[GrimeSherry]

Being an responsible person it's our duty to save energy for future for our next generation. For that it is advisable to use LED(Light Emitting Diode) or CF(Compact Fluorescent) which saves energy.