Reduce your Carbon Footprint

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Reduce your Carbon Footprint

• Practical Solutions for the Homeowner

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12-8

• Push Mower instead of Power Mower
• Buy products with less packaging
• low energy/low water washing machine
• Turn down water heater to 120
• CFBs !!

• 80 Lbs/year ? not feasible
• 230 Lbs/year ? not really our choice
• 500 lbs/year ? low flush toilet problem
• 500 lbs/year ? yes, easy to do
• 500 lbs/year ? yes

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7-3

• Solar Water Heater Systems
• Recycle waste
• Insulate Water Heater
• Caulk and Weather Stripping
• Leave car at home 2 days a week

• 720 lbs/year ? practical for most
• 850 lbs/year ? easy
• 1000 lbs/year ? easy
• 1000 lbs/year ? easy and cheap
• 1600 lbs/year ? ???

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Biggest Effects

• Fully insulate your home inside with foam
  outside with products like hardiplank ? 3000
  lbs/year and adds value to your home
• Drive a car with 35 Mpg rating ? 6000 lbs/year
• Dont Drive ? 15000 lbs/year