As the thousands of attendees continue to pour into Vancouver and the surrounding areas for the Winter Olympics, they are finding that the city is promoting the use of tap water over bottled water, according to a CBC report published in Circle of Blue Water News. The move is part of a larger effort aimed [...]

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Tap Water vs. Bottled Water: Olympic Attendees Are Encouraged to Make a Choice

The Winter Festival at #Robson Square this weekend includes snowboard demonstrations, fashion shows, live music and more. http://ow.ly/i/iaq

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Home Heating

In the winter, set your thermostat at 68 degrees in daytime, and 55 degrees at night. Lowering your thermostat just two degrees during winter saves 6 percent of heating-related CO2 emissions. That’s a reduction of 420 pounds of CO2 per year for a typical home.

Clean or replace air filters as recommended. Energy is lost when air conditioners and hot-air furnaces have to work harder to draw air through dirty filters. Cleaning a dirty air conditioner filter can save 5 percent of the energy used. That could save 175 pounds of CO2 per year.

Try turning down the thermostat 5 to 10 degrees at night, and then turn it up again in the morning when the coffee is brewing. If you can get used to that, you’ll save 5 to 10 percent of your heating bill.

If you heat with electricity, you can take advantage of the individual room thermostats that make it possible to shut off unused rooms and to have cool settings in some rooms and warmer settings in others.

At AwarenessIDEAS.com we have some posters available to use as a reminder to save energy by adjusting your thermostat. Here’s an example:

Check out our huge selection of energy conservation posters here: http://www.awarenessideas.com/1-Energy-Conservation-Posters-placards-and-signs-s/9.htm

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Winter Energy Saving Tips