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The first step to improving the energy efficiency of your home
is to find out which parts of your home use the most energy. A home
energy audit will show you where these are and suggest the most
effective measures for reducing your energy costs. You can conduct
a simple home energy audit yourself, you can contact your local
utility, or you can call an independent energy auditor for a more
comprehensive examination.
See the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Energy
Savers site for more information about home energy audits. The
section titled Your
Home's Energy Use, provides comprehensive information about
energy auditing, including a link to Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory's Virtual Home Energy Advisor,
which helps you to perform your own energy audit.
For more information about the cost-effectiveness of saving energy,
see the DOE publication, Energy
Efficiency Pays! (PDF 299 KB)
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