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In 2010, These 5 Things Will Lead You To A Green Home

Looking for 5 easy ways to start making your house greener? It’s not really that tough, especially in 2010, when we’re absolutely surrounded by advice and tips. We’ve narrowed things down so you can get a great start — here are 5 little pieces of advice.

#5: Pretend You’re Tasked With Saving Money.

Run an informal survey around your house — look at every device you have plugged in, every light fixture, every appliance that pulls energy when it shouldn’t, even the schedule for your heating & cooling. Pretend you’re tasked with shaving a few hundred off your household budget and you’ve got to be creative to do it.

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#4: Invest Now, Save Later.

There are several things you can buy that represent an up-front cost but a long-term savings. Put some money aside to upgrade to these things — better power bars you can automatically shut off. Smart power meters that regulate your household’s energy expenditure better. Toilet upgrades that use far less water. The list is endless.

#3: Learn From the Old World.

You know a huge amount of the world don’t use dryers? They use a massive amount of power just to spin and generate all that heat, and not only that — they can shrink your good sweaters! Get some drying racks and spend the extra 10 minutes it takes to hang things up. Then wait till the next day or so, and you’ll be 100% dry. You don’t wear all your just-washed clothes immediately anyway, do you?

#2: Figure out ways to get Alternative Energy.

If you’re feeling ambitious, grow your ‘green’ fund a little more, and invest in some solar panels on the roof of your house, or another micro-source of energy. There are plenty of ways to approach it, and there’s never been a better time.

#1: Stay Fresh With Good Environmental News.

If you don’t follow much green news except when an article in the paper catches your eye, make it a point to subscribe to a blog or get some e-mail newsletter updates once in a while. Knowing about where the world is headed is a great motivator towards more environmental action.

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