Over the past month we have been trying to conserve energy, be more efficient, and do all the good stuff we should to be “green”.   Please note that I am not on the Al Gore bandwagon, while saving planet earth is not a bad thing, my motives are probably more selfish than honorable, but that’s ok, we can all work towards something “green” right.   I personally like green paper bills. 

Back on track.  We lowered our energy bill almost $75 in one month.  Here is a list of goodies we have done: 

• turn lights off behind us (simple) 
• set the a/c to run a better schedule  (73-75 in the day, 69 at night, we had it at 70 in the day and 67 at night) 
• get our whole a/c unit and ducts cleaned (http://www.enviroductcleaning.com/) please see my prior post on this
• use less a/c  - we had a couple of cool night that we didn’t use the a/c at all
• turn computers and monitors off when not in use, since I mostly use a mac book now, my other box are off more than on. 
• watch less tv – now that Elliana is getting very mobile, we have a lot less sitting time. 

Ok, so that’s it.  I really think cleaning the air ducks and a/c unit out helped with it’s more efficiency.   Now to see if this is a trend or a lucky month!   Good luck to you on lowering your bill, please do share how you did it!