CONSERVE
AND RENEW YOUR HOME ENERGY
Energy Savers
- Evaluate your home’s energy usage with the tools available in this Energy Department website.
- Compare and contrast homes appliances and learn about home
improvements at Energy Star, a government-backed
program that can help you choose appliances and other home improvements
based on their energy efficiency. In 2004, enough power was saved
through Energy Star efforts to power 24 million homes, greenhouse
gas emissions were reduced by the equivalent of 20 million cars,
and saved $10 billion.
CHOOSE YOUR COMMUTE (OR NOT)
- Convince your employer to try Commuter Choice, a group funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation to help company’s solve the transportation and commuting problems or their workforce. The site contains resources for commuters in some of the nation’s most congested areas.
- Calculate the cost of the fuel you’re using in your car and compare fuel efficiencies of the cars on the market to help you make an informed car purchase.
- Check out this list of the “greenest” cars on the market at GreenerCars.com.
- Learn about the cash incentives for which you may qualify if you buy a hybrid vehicle.
- Consider telecommuting to save time,
energy and money.
SWEEP YOUR HOME FREE OF CHEMICALS
- Determine whether your home poses a health risk for your children by assessing the chemicals you may have around the house. The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition pages include information on safe household cleaning products, a healthy house quiz, and a list of chemicals commonly found around the house.
- Take the virtual tour of your house
at The EPA, with its web resources on household chemicals of
your house.
- Keep pests out of your home garden without resorting to toxic chemicals.
- Consider organic gardening. Organic gardening requires home composting. Here are fact sheets
with all the basics—one from Ohio and one from Cornell
University.
KEEP WATCH ON YOUR WATER
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