Keep your fridge stocked. By keeping your fridge full, even with just gallons of water, your refrigerator has less space to cool. Check the seals on your fridge and freezer to make sure there's not cool air escaping.
Use your grill more. By keeping the cooking outside, you're limiting how much heat you're creating inside with your oven.
Water your plants and flowers in the early morning or late evening. You'll water a lot less often over time when you can avoid all of the evaporation that happens if you water during the hot summer daytime hours. Plus, your plants and flowers will appreciate it!
Stop pre-rinsing your dishes. Do you rinse dishes before adding them to the dishwasher as a way to "help" the dishwasher? It turns out that you use more water instead. Plus, skipping this step saves you time as well.
Enroll in Rush Hour Rewards to help lighten the load of everyone on the power grid during "peak" times during this summer. This will not only help you and everyone else save energy, but you'll also get $50 per year as a bill credit from Northeastern REMC. Learn more here.
Turn off your computer when you leave your home or go to bed. Even though computers have better power settings than they used to, it's still an even larger savings when you turn it off completely. Energy.gov states that leaving a computer on all day costs you 21 cents per day. That adds up!
Move lamps away from your thermostat. Sensitive thermostats will sense the heat generated by lamps or TVs that are close by. This will cause your air conditioner to run more often. Try rearranging your room to see if that helps.
Don't let furniture block your vents. This isn't limited to just furniture. Keep the air flow of your rooms in mind while you're decorating your home. Placing furniture, shelves, or anything else in the way will obstruct the of airflow of the room. This will cause you to needlessly adjust your thermostat.
Source: Energy.gov and Consumer Reports
