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Living habits are a major contributor to energy bill variability among similar homes.
Here are a few common examples of living habits that can easily be adjusted to lower bills:
- Turn off lights when they are not in use, and leave extra lights off throughout the house.
- Set your thermostat at 79 degrees or higher. For every degree warmer, you'll save 2 to 3 percent on the air conditioning portion of your electric bill.
- Set your water heater temperature to 120 degrees.
- Cook with an outdoor barbecue to keep the heat out of the kitchen.
- Run full dishwasher loads and use the "air dry" setting or turn the dishwasher off after the final rinse.
- Put clothes through an additional washer spin cycle before putting them in the dryer and line dry clothes outside when possible.
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