Open curtains on your south-facing windows during the day to allow sunlight to naturally heat your home, 和 close them at night to reduce the chill you may feel from cold windows.

使用重型汽车, clear plastic sheet on a frame or tape clear plastic film to the inside of your window frames during the cold winter months. Make sure the plastic is sealed tightly to the frame to help reduce infiltration.

Install tight-fitting, insulating drapes or shades on windows that feel drafty after weatherizing.

了解其他 窗口的治疗方法 和 coverings that can improve 能源 效率.

When you are home 和 awake, set your 恒温器 as low as is comfortable.

When you are asleep or out of the house, turn your 恒温器 back 10° to 15° for eight hours 和 save around 10% a year on your heating 和 cooling bills. 智能的或可编程的 恒温器 can make it easy to set back your temperature. 

如果你有一个热泵, maintain a moderate setting or use a programmable 恒温器 specially designed for use with 热泵.

Seal the air leaks around utility cut-throughs for pipes ("plumbing penetrations"), gaps around chimneys 和 recessed lights in insulated ceilings, 和 unfinished spaces behind cupboards 和 closets.

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• Learn more about air sealing 新 和 成屋.

Add 捻缝 or 挡风雨条 to seal air leaks around leaky doors 和 windows.

• Find out how to select 和 apply the appropriate 捻缝 和 挡风雨条.

Schedule service for your 加热系统.

Furnaces 和 热泵: Replace your filter once a month or as needed. Find out more about maintaining 熔炉或锅炉 和 热泵.

Wood- 和 Pellet-Burning Heaters: Clean the flue vent regularly 和 clean the inside of the appliance with a wire brush periodically to ensure that your home is heated efficiently. Find other maintenance recommendations for wood- 和 pellet-burning appliances.

Keep your fireplace damper closed unless a fire is burning. Keeping the damper open is like keeping a window wide open during the winter; it allows warm air to go right up the chimney.

When you use the fireplace, reduce heat loss by opening dampers in the bottom of the firebox (if provided) or open the nearest window slightly--approximately 1 inch--和 close doors leading into the room. Lower the 恒温器 setting to between 50° 和 55°F.

If you never use your fireplace, plug 和 seal the chimney flue.

If you do use the fireplace, install tempered glass doors 和 a heat-air exchange system that blows warmed air back into the room.

Check the seal on the fireplace flue damper 和 make it as snug as possible.

Purchase grates made of C-shaped metal tubes to draw cool room air into the fireplace 和 circulate warm air back into the room.

Add 捻缝ing around the fireplace hearth. Find out more techniques to improve your fireplace or wood-burning appliance's 效率. Learn tips for safe 和 efficient fireplace installation 和 wood burning.

Turn down the temperature of your water heater to the warm setting (120°F). You'll not only save 能源, you'll avoid scalding your h和s.
Find other strategies for 能源-efficient water heating.

Use light-emitting diode -- or "LED" -- holiday light strings to reduce the cost of decorating your home for the winter holidays.
Learn about the advantages 和 potential cost savings of LED节日灯柱.
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