Citizens Action Coalition Education Fund

Did you know:

• Homes are huge energy consumers, accounting for one-fifth of the U.S.’s total annual energy demand?
• Heating and cooling costs account for about one-half of a typical home’s total energy bill?
• The average household will spend almost $2100 on home energy costs in 2007?
• Low-cost energy efficiency investments can reduce household energy bills by 30% or more?
• If every U.S. household replaced just one incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent bulb, it would save enough energy to light more than 8 million homes and save over $900 million in utility bills?
• Indiana ranks 1st in the nation for the amount of carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) air emissions per person?
• Indiana is among the nation’s top five polluting states, primarily due to our heavy reliance on coal-fired power plants for our electricity?
• Making energy efficiency part of your everyday activities reduces demand for coal and other resources needed to produce electricity, meaning less greenhouse gas emissions, cleaner air for all, and costs savings for you?
• Reducing your energy consumption and making energy efficiency a priority is easy and fun when you have the basic tools to begin?

Continue reading to find out more about the simple tools that will reduce your energy consumption. While becoming more energy efficient to help solve the problem of global warming, you will also save money on your natural gas and electric bills.