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- Draft-proof your windows, doors and other air leaks. Insulate.
- Use kitchen, bath and other ventilating fans wisely. In just
1 hour, these fans can blow away a houseful of warmed or cooled
air.
- Keep your heating/air conditioning system well-tuned.
- Plant trees or shrubs to shade air conditioning units.
- Set the fan speed on high except in very humid weather. When
it's humid, set the fan speed at low; you'll get less cooling,
but more moisture will be removed from the air.
- Clean or replace furnace filters at least once a month—even
in the cooling season.
- Turn off your window air conditioner when you leave a room for
several hours.
- Don't place lamps or TV sets near your air conditioning thermostat.
- Keep out the daytime sun with vertical louvers or awnings on
the outside of your windows, or draw draperies, blinds and indoor
shades.
- Keep lights low or off.
- If every household in the United States raised air conditioning
temperatures 6 degrees, we would save the equivalent of 190,000
barrels of oil every day.
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