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Reminders and Tips
Home Planner Products Resource Center
Sustainable Home Care and Maintenance
Welcome to your quick reference for sustainable care and maintenance of products, materials and systems in your home.  This newsletter provides new owners with resources for energy conservation measures that are likely to have the most positive impact on your budget.  The choices you make selecting home care products, water management, disposal and recycling can reduce your operating costs and minimize the output of gases that are thought to cause global warming. 
Save on your energy bills
ENERGY STAR qualified bulbs use about 75 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs and last up to 10 times longer. Save about $30 or more in electricity costs over each bulb's lifetime. Produce about 75 percent less heat, so they're safer to operate and can cut energy costs associated with home cooling. Are available in different sizes and shapes to fit in almost any fixture, for indoors and outdoors.
Compact Fluorescent Lighting Guide
Energy Star
Storm Water and Pollution Prevention
Unlike water that goes down the sink or toilet, rainwater, wash water and irrigation water are not treated or filtered.  Contaminants can flow in water down driveways and streets into a gutter goes into a storm drain which flows directly to a lake, river or the ocean.
Maintenance Guide | Environmental Protection Agency Guide
Your Green Home
Efficient upgrades to save water don't have to drain your bank account. Try these money-saving tips.
National Geographic Green Guide - For Your Home 

GREEN GUIDE

Save on your energy bills
You may be able to reduce your cooling and heating bill by as much as 10% by taking advantage of the following energy saving tips. 
Take The Test  | View Energy Star Tips
Dryer vents: important care notice
Overheated clothes dryers can cause fires. Get more information about outdoor dryer vent inspections.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Documentation: A valuable asset
A new resource in addition to the maintenance log sheet is a one page activity calendar that can be used as a quick planning guide. Choose these links to access forms and print documents.
View Maintenance Log

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