Energy In The News
Tips to Cut Your Energy Costs
Does the cost of heating your home cut into your family's budget? You can do more than turn down the thermostat and shiver. Starting Nov. 1, the Energy Team of CCE-Tompkins will have a new column in the Ithaca Journal, Your Path to Energy Savings. It provides weekly tips on how to make your home comfortable while reducing your energy bills. You'll find low and no cost techniques, better options than buying new windows, how to upgrade your home or business in ways that pay off over time, and much more. After all, why pay more than necessary?
- Refrigerators
- Seal ductwork
- Stack effect: importance of basement and attic sealing
- Energy resolutions for the New Year
- Vampires and phantom energy use
- Holiday energy saving gifts
- Appliances
- LED holiday lights
- Windows- repair rather than replace
- Programmable Thermostats
- Home energy assessments
- Compact fluorescent light bulbs
