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Issue #12: Save Your Energy

Saving Energy

You can save 10-50% on your home energy bills by making some energy smart improvements to your home. The key to achieving these savings is a whole-house energy-efficiency plan which requires viewing your home as one system with individual parts. Each part affects the other parts.

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partner It's not possible to be green without focusing on our energy use because energy production and use account for more than 80% of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency is the quickest, cheapest, cleanest way to improve our environment and increase our nation's energy supplies. Energy efficiency reduces your... read more


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