1. Don't leave lights on when no one is in the room.

If you are going to be out of the room for more than five minutes, turn off the light. Where possible, use compact fluorescent light bulbs. Those bulbs produce the same amount of light by using 1/4 of the electricity. Plus, they last for years and years without burning out.

2. Hang Dry Clothes.

In the winter months I hang dry my clothes in my basement by hanging a rope from one end to the other of the room.

3. Don't leave things turned on-

Turn off the TV when no one is watching it. The same for computers, radios and stereos - if no one using it, turn it off. Turn off all the appliances at the surge protector/control strip - that four- or six-plug extension chord that you plug all your computer things into. Some devices, like modems or other networking boxes are drawing small amounts of power all the time.

4. Save Heat - 

If you have a fireplace, close the damper when you don't have a fire burning. An open fireplace damper can let 8 percent of heat from your furnace escape through the chimney! In the summer, an open fireplace damper can let cool air escape. It's like having a window open!Make a map of your home, and mark all the windows, heating vents, and outside doors. Take a ribbon and hold it up to the edges of the doors and windows. If the ribbon blows, you've found a leak! Think about your curtains. Keeping the curtains closed on cold, cloudy days helps block the cold outside air from getting inside. Also, keeping the curtains closed on very hot days keeps the hot air out! Install these energy-efficient measures:

Insulate ceilings to R-30 standards if your attic has less than R-19.

• Caulk windows, doors and anywhere air leaks in or out. Do not caulk around water heater and furnace exhaust pipes.
• Weatherstrip around windows and doors.
• Wrap heating and cooling ducts with duct wrap, or use mastic sealant.
• Install energy-saver shower heads.
• Wrap your water heater with insulation or install an insulating blanket

5.In the Bathroom

About 75 percent of the water we use in our homes is used in the bathroom. Unless you have a low flush toilet, you use about five gallons to seven gallons of water with every flush! A leaky toilet can waste more than 10,000 gallons of water a year. Drippy faucets are bad, too. A faucet that leaks enough water to fill a soda bottle every 30 minutes will waste 2,192 gallons of water a year.Another simple way to save water AND energy is to take shorter showers. You'll use less hot water - and water heaters account for nearly 1/4 of your home's energy use.

6. In the Kitchen

7. When You Go Shopping--

If you buy things that can be used over and over instead of buying disposable items that are used once and then thrown away, you will save precious natural resources. You'll also save energy used to make them, and you'll reduce the amount of landfill space we need when they are thrown away. Those same savings happen you buy things that will last instead of breaking right away. Well-made items may cost a little more to begin with, but they are usually worth the money because they last for a long time, and you don't have to replace them.When your family goes shopping, think about taking bags with you. Only about 700 paper bags can be made from one 15-year-old tree. Plastic bags start out as either oil or natural gas. Oil and natural gas are non-renewable resources. This means they can't be reused, and when they are all gone, they are gone forever. And throw-away bags add a lot of pollution to the environment. If plastic and paper bags are used once and go to landfills, they stay there for hundreds of years Some stores offer discounts for people who use their own bags. For every bag reused, they give money back - usually about five cents for each bag.

8. When buying new appliances, be sure to purchase energy-efficient ENERGY STAR® labeled models.

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