Release Date: 10/18/2012
Contact Details: Molly Hooven, Hooven.molly@environmental protection agency.gov, 202-564-2313, 202-564-4355En espa?ol: Lina Younes, younes.lina@environmental protection agency.gov,202-564-9924,202-564-4355
WASHINGTON – With winter rapidly approaching, the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (Environmental protection agency) is highlighting ten strategies for People in america to safeguard their own health, cut costs, minimizing energy while taking pleasure in the wintertime holidays.
1. Keep your heating equipment to reduce bills. Cooling and heating costs take into account about $1,000 — up to 50 % of the home’s total annual energy bill. Maintaining the efficiency of the home’s heating, ventilation, and ac (Air conditioning) system may have a large impact on your bills. Grime and neglect could affect the efficiency of the Air conditioning system and are the top reasons for home heating failure. Schedule an Air conditioning checkup having a licensed Air conditioning contractor to make certain the body is working at peak performance. Also, look at your system’s air conditioning filter each month and alter it when it is dirty or at least, every three several weeks. A grimy filter will decelerate ventilation making the machine continue to work harder to help keep the cold out or awesome — wasting energy. http://world wide web.energystar.gov/homeimprovement 2. Download EPA’s free Applications to assist safeguard your wellbeing. The AIRNow application enables customers to go in a zipcode and obtain current particle pollution and ozone levels and predictions in excess of 400 metropolitan areas across the nation. The Ultraviolet (Ultra violet) Index offers an hourly forecast from the Ultra violet radiation levels in the sun. Both are for sale to Apple and Android phones. Find out more about these applications and also the others: http://m.environmental protection agency.gov/applications/index.html 3. Decorate for that holidays with Energy Star light strings that may last as long as 10 occasions longer. Energy Star-qualified light strings use about 65 % less electricity than incandescent light strings are available in a number of colors, shapes and measures. They save energy and therefore are stronger, shock-resistant and cooler to touch. If every decorative light string offered within the U.S. this season were Energy Star qualified, People in america would save $80 million in bills and something billion pounds of green house gas pollutants could be avoided. http://world wide web.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup