Coldwell Banker
Holman Premier Realty
3815 S. 6th Street, Ste 110
Klamath Falls, OR 97603
Volume 1, Issue 6 | June 2014
TOP 10 HOME ENERGY SAVING TIPS
Part 2 of the Top 10 Home
Energy Savings Tips from
Good
Housekeeping.
Continued from May 2014
#5 Buy an Insulating,
Blanket
Get your hot-water its
own blankie! This $20
investment can lower your
water-heating costs by 9%,
says the U.S. Department
of Energy
#6 Install an Energy Star
Rated Ceiling Fan
Prices start at just $30. In
cooler months run the fan
in a clockwise direction to
push warm air down from
the ceiling, reducing the
HVAC load by as much as
10%. And in the summer,
reverse the motion to
circulate cool air - and
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make the temperature feel
up to eight degrees cooler.
#7 Dodge the Draft
Here’s
how:
Install
permanent
weather
stripping around your
windows and doors to seal
in heat and keep out chilly
gusts. You can buy about
15 feet of weather stripping
for less than $10 — saving
you up to 15 percent in
heating and cooling costs.
#8
Install
Insulating
Window Treatments
Cellular and honeycomb
shades will help you reduce
both heat loss (up to 86
percent) and gain (up to 80
percent) in one fell swoop.
And they won’t break the
bank: These shades start at
roughly $25 a window.
#9 Replace the Aerator on
your Faucet
For just $5, an efficient
aerator will reduce flow
from the usual 2.2 gallons
per minute (gpm) to
a thrifty 1.5 gpm — a
big return on a small
investment and a good way
to conserve an increasingly
precious resource.
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#10 Keep Dirt and Toxins
Out
A simple move to make:
placing a mat ($10 and
up) at the front and back
doors of your home can
cut the amount of pesticide
residue tracked inside by
25 percent.