A Guide to Energy Conservation at Home
Even though you may be considering adding an Tiny homes builder system to your home like solar panels or a wind turbine, you can reduce your energy needs as well by starting a little home energy conservation. There are a few easy steps you can take to reduce your energy use at home without affecting your quality of life for comfort. One of the first things you should do is replace all of the standard bulbs in your home with Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL). These newer style bulbs give you the same amount of light and they only use 25% of the power. It is very easy to put a CFL bulb in every fixture in your home. They will fit any standard fixture in your home and they work just like the regular bulbs will. Since lighting is one of the major costs in your monthly electrical bill, changing out your bulbs to a CFL equivalent can have a big impact on lowering your energy needs each month for very little effort. Another thing you can do to help with home energy conservation is to elimina...