Bookmark the Tips Directory on the Conservation Web or order the print version of 30 Simple Energy Things from the Residential Conservation Help Line. If each U.S. household lowered its average heating temperatures by 6 F over a 24-hour period, we'd save the energy equivalent of 500,000 barrels of oil every day.
More energy is used for heating than for any other purpose in American apartments and houses.
About 40 percent of energy used in a home is for heat. Get a Furnace Tune-Up. A simple tune-up can increase a furnace's heating efficiency by five percent, with a corresponding reduction in destructive emissions. Call a heating contractor for details and estimates. In a gas furnace, a five percent rise in efficiency means an annual savings of 8,000 cubic feet of gas.