Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Save Energy And Cut Your Monthly Bills In Leominster and Fitchburg MA

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Are You Worry About How High Your Monthly Utility Bills Are Going to Get, Is Time To Save Energy And Cut Your Monthly Bills!

Fitchburg and Leominster MA Events News.- This Fall and Winter can turn into a hell for many low budget people because of the economy crisis that the country is going through you need to start thinking and planning a save way to use daily energy or utilities and cut down those bills, this tips aren't just for 2008, but for the next 4 to 5 years that the economy crisis is already forecast to last. For that reason on our next article we are going to get deep insights about money matters and after that we are going to follow up with a list of tips to save money, and then we are going to have a local small business & Internet marketing consultant to give us tips on how regular people can make extra money on an economy in crisis.

Just to let you know the current economy will not only affect low budget residents, but home owners, small businesses, investors, in fact almost everyone...

To save energy and at the same time cut your monthly utility bills you need to think about what's more important for you, and forget a little about issues like how nice things look, and how comfortable things are in one way. I said this because the tips below are for those who really looking to save energy and money, if you worry a lot about how your house look, then this may not be for you.

Now, I will be giving you some tips on how to keep your house organize while getting visits, or gatherings, but the way things are you may notice that a lot of people will actually understand what you are trying to do, specially if they live in the area of Fitchburg Mass, because as you know Fitchburg electric and gas bill is like another rent, just I'm talking about Unitel "The Budget Eating Monster". I now, Leominster new National Grid is going in the same path of screwing with the local residents.

Well, too much blah, blah, let's get to the tips...


Tips To Save Energy And Cut Your Monthly Utility Bills.
1. - Add foam or use trash bags to cover the windows frame wholes. What you do is open the window place the foam or bag on the frame and then close it making sure is covering every single part of it.

2. - Add window plastic covers on every window, if you don't have money to invest on winter covers, you can use trash bags, or get big clear bags at Home Depot, Walmart, Kmart, or Lowes, if you don't want to cover your windows with color trash bags.

3. - Cover windows with heavy duty blankets, this can be done on every bedroom or non-visitors room. For the kitchen, living-room, and dinning-room you can use heavy duty curtains, but if you don't have the money for those type of curtains and you don't mind the look, you can follow the first part of this tip for every single room of the house. Remember the point here is to save as much energy as you can and at the same time cut your monthly bills.

4. - During the day try to use the power of Sunlight in your favor, by opening your curtains on the traffic areas of the house like the living-room, dinning-room, bathrooms, etc., why use energy when you can use free reusable light from the Sun.

5.- At the beginning of the evening I recommend you to use candles and lamps to get light where is needed. Just make sure you put the candle is special candle holders in areas where kids or pets can get to. The lamps don't need to be the expensive type, just make sure you use low voltage light bolts, to keep energy use at minimum.

6. - Now that we talking about low voltage light bolts, I recommend you to use them in every part of your house to make sure you don't over use energy, except for the kitchen or work area where you need to good lighting to help you do your job right.

7. - You need to know that every electronic that is plug-in still suck energy even if is off, so to save more money just unplug every electronic that is not being used. the easy way to do this is by using power surge protectors, because you can turn off the surge protector to avoid energy leakage, this works best in areas where you have a lot of electronics like computer area, entertainment centers, etc..

8. - Cut your monthly utility bills even more by using solar powered lights or lamps. There are many brands that are selling outdoor solar lights and even indoor solar lights. This are great for front porches, balconies, backyards, driveways, etc.. Also, if you are a little handy and smart with tools, you can install outdoor solar light inside your house or apartment, just make sure the solar panel is located outside, this you can really see the benefits of energy saving.

Energy Saving Tips For Home Owners.
The best investment you can make this year is on alternate energy sources.
9. - Invest in a solar power plant that you can use to power up washer and dryers, and other mayor appliances.

10. - Invest on a side solar panel or a roof unit, this investment is a big one starting at $3500 and up to $25,000 but you will never have to pay for electricity again.

11. - Another excellent investment is a solar hot water generator, this can also cut your hot water bill to almost nothing, depending if you live in a really cold area or regular cold area.

I hope these tips can really help you save energy and cut your killing monthly utility bills, if you thing I forgot something or you know other ways to save energy please share with us.


1 comment:

  1. Anonymous5:21 AM

    Nice tips, I already putting to use some of your tips on kids bedrooms, and I notice that I did need to turn-on any heaters there yet, it actually pretty warm.

    Keep this articles coming...

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