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The hot water heater is probably too hot. Change it to 110 to 120 degrees and you will still be fine.
Do not just dump all your softeners and detergents in at the beginning. There’s a time for these and if you don’t follow instructions, you will be wasting much of it.
Whenever you aren’t using the water tap, turn it off to conserve water. You don’t need it for most of the time that you are showering anyway.
Same as laundry, so save a full load before you use the dish washer. Actually, just hand wash everything. It’s much cheaper!
Take advantage of the energy peak hour programs that companies have. Whenever there’s peak power, they will just cut off your air conditioning or heater and they will give you a better rate.
Turn off every light that you don’t use. Actually, it’s even better if you unplug the light fixtures when you don’t need the light.
Cut the cable too. Netflix is so much cheaper and you can watch tv shows on hulu.com etc nowadays. Cable is becoming something that’s not needed
If there are rooms that you don’t go to often, seal off the vents to the room so heat and air conditioning isn’t wasted.
Clean and replace filters regularly because dirty ones will waste so much energy for your furnace and air conditioning unit. It even pays to have someone regular come check it out.
Interest rates are so low that you should really consider refinancing your home. Every percentage point can be huge money for you in the long run.
