Greening Up Your House and Wallets Part 3
Clean your appliances - Cleaning your appliances regularly might not seem like something that will help the environment or your wallet but it actually does. By keeping your appliances clean you will ensure that they will be working most efficiently. In the end this will save you money on your electric bill and it will help the environment by saving power. It will also make your appliances last longer so you won’t need to replace it time and again. As a bonus, if you plan on selling your home the well kept appliances will be an added selling point. Even if it will not be included in the actual sale clean and sparkling appliances will make the house look better and easier to sell.
Landscape your yard - You do not need to spend large amounts of money if you do your own gardening. Get some ideas on how come up with an energy efficient landscape. An energy efficient landscape should help keep the sun out in summer, will help as a wind breaker and act as natural insulation. The best thing is usually to have trees in your backyard so if you are thinking of cutting down that tree - DON’T. You can also plan for the future by planting saplings in key locations. Remember not only will it make your yard look really pretty it will also lower your electric bill. Oh, and planting trees will definitely help the environment. A tip opting to plant a tree though, make sure you plant a fast grower so that you will reap the benefits sooner.
to be continued…
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