Cooling your Home

lisasayzhi · #1 (**permalink**) 08-04-2005, 05:32 PM

I found this article on MSN this morning on ways to keep your house cool and save money:

25 cheap ways to keep your house cooler

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Simple changes such as moving lamps away from thermostats can save you hundreds of dollars. Here are more money -- and energy -- saving tips.

By MSN Money staff

Sure, go ahead and turn that thermostat up to 80. You'll be sweaty and still shelling out a bundle -- unless you take other steps to make summer heat more bearable and reduce stress on your air conditioner.

Most of these cost little or nothing. Thank the Department of Energy's Energy Savers program, which provides most of these tips (and more) on its own Web site.

see the rest of the article here

Bruce Wayne · #2 (**permalink**) 08-05-2005, 12:01 AM

Great article, lots of simple tips that help reduce your energy bill and help the environment too. I hope lots of people read and implement these tips.

PrincessPerky · #3 (**permalink**) 08-05-2005, 05:19 AM

It had just what I was looking for to reduce the heat in the garage,

# Grown on trellises, vines such as ivy or grapevines can shade windows or the whole side of a house.

Which I am a terrible gardener so I still need to find a plant that will grow in spite of me