Did you know that heating your water accounts for about 25% of the energy used in your home?

If your hot water is hot enough to give you a burn if you don’t mix it with some cold water, chances are you could turn that hot water heater down a few degrees. Keeping your hot water heater at 125 degrees is hot enough to kill bacteria and meet your needs.

The hot wash/warm rinse setting for a load of laundry has an electric energy cost of approximately 40 cents. A cold wash/cold rinse brings that energy cost down to a mere 2 cents a load!

Follow these steps to meet this challenge:
• Turn down the thermostat on the hot water heater. One minute of effort, a lifetime of benefit!
• Switch to warm or cold water when doing your laundry.
• Share these ideas. Remember, the more folks who make these small lifestyle changes, the bigger the impact we have.

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