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Save Money & Energy in Your Cheshire Home

Monday, March 28, 2011

by Sally Bowman Real Estate

Are you shocked when you open your Cheshire home’s electric bill each month? Energy costs can be a huge drain on a household budget. The Connecticut Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge wants to help residents in 14 Connecticut towns, including Cheshire, decrease their energy use by 20 percent. By reducing the amount of energy you use in your Cheshire home by 20 percent, you won’t only be saving yourself money, you will be reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions simultaneously. Here are some steps you can take now to get started on lowering your energy bills and making Cheshire a cleaner community.

1. Sign up for the Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge. You’ll not only learn the best ways to conserve energy in your Cheshire home, you’ll receive CFL lightbulbs and have them installed for free. This will automatically save you about $100 per year. When you sign up you will also get a home energy assessment which will have you reducing your energy use right away, saving you an average of $200 per year.
2. Find out how much energy you use and change it. With CTCleanEnergyOptions, you can use a calculator to find out how much carbon dioxide your Cheshire home emits. Sign up and purchase an alternative energy option and you’ll start saving energy and cut down energy usage.
3. “Like” Cheshire Neighbor to Neighbor on Facebook. On Neighbor to Neighbor's Facebook Page for Cheshire, you’ll find others in the community who have the same goal of decreasing their energy usage in their Cheshire homes.

If saving money on your Cheshire household’s energy bills isn’t enough incentive for you to start cutting down your energy usage, your progress will help Cheshire earn rewards like free solar-powered LED street lights. To learn more about the program, attend the Home Energy Basics Workshop on April 7, 2011 and the Home Energy Basics Workshop, Part II - Deeper Energy Savings on April 11, 2011 in Cheshire.

As residents of Cheshire, we should all do what we can to make a difference not only in our homes, but in the community as a whole. If you’re interested in relocating to Cheshire, now is a great time. Please contact me so we can begin your search for the perfect home in Cheshire!