Energy compatible with the environment. Lighting, heating and cooling a house is expensive, both for your wallet and for the environment. If you consider some measures to save energy, you can help reduce pollution in your community, and save money. Taking a stand in favor of the environment is something that everyone wins.
1. Use insulators for doors, windows, attics and in the spaces for laying cables and pipes, to insulate them from air currents. If all the windows in the United States were energy efficient, we would save up to 2.5 percent of total annual consumption. If you have in mind to change a window, look for those that are efficient in the use of energy: in the long term, you will save money.
2. When you buy a new appliance, verify that it has a label with the Energy Efficiency Rating (EER). Many new models come with the EER index. The higher the index, the less it will cost you to use the appliance
3. Adjust the air conditioning and heating thermostats to use less energy when you're not at home or when you're sleeping. When you are at home in the summer, 78 F (25.5 C) is a pleasant temperature for you and helpful for energy efficiency. Leave the maintenance of the cooling system in the hands of a professional. 4. Wrap the water heater in a thermal jacket. You can reduce carbon dioxide emissions up to four thousand pounds a year.
5. Turn off lights and appliances when you don't need them. According to Earth Share, 30 to 50 percent of the energy in a home corresponds to lighting. By simply turning off the lights you don't use, you can reduce the amount of energy spent on lighting up to 45 percent.
6. To wash clothes, use cold water, not hot.
7. Install an integral ventilation system. This system can cool an entire house for approximately the same price as an air conditioner cools a room.
Source: http://www.sostenibleycreativa.org/la-red/easyblog/entry/eficiencia-energetica/algunas-medidas-para-mejorar-la-eficiencia-energetica-de-la-casa
