Talking to The majority of these great younger people I found a very different outlook about energy conservation in our homes.
With most people of a generation or two younger, the majority were  thinking that the future of new home construction will solve many energy consumption issues.
Many people have the idea that all new homes will have energy saving designs build right in.  This may be true for some, but the facts are that the majority of new homes built in the United States do not require any energy saving design components.
Building code requirement for many parts of our country have not made the critical changes needed to help with energy conservation.

The smart home is still many years off due to the economy forcing builders to cut back on the extra costs for energy efficiency that would reduce homes energy consumption. Many energy efficiency design components are still very expensive and add up to 30% to the total construction costs of a new home.

Another problem with energy conservation in our homes is that very few people are not financially able to purchase or get a mortgage approval on homes that have all this great new energy saving technology, due to high cost.

The most interesting question I had for people,  was what to do about the majority of homes  in our country already built, and how do we reduce the amount of energy consumption and carbon emissions from all these extremely inefficient buildings.

The answer to this was: I have no idea!!

In my mind the costs to reduce energy consumption in all of our existing homes is to become more informed on all the simple and low cost changes that can be implemented to cut a minimum of 30% of off our combined  national energy requirements.

The way to start Is with simple low cost improvements that absolutely will help reduce our energy bills.

•    Changing old incandescent lighting to CFL or even better LED lighting.
•    Sealing all doors and windows
•    Adding insulation for greater  heating/cooling retention
•    Purchasing energy efficient appliances.
•     The most important, using energy efficiency control devices that will help reduce energy consumption.


•    When purchasing any energy consuming product:  Get all information on how much it will cost you in energy over the lifetime of the product.

These simple first steps do not require much effort. If we all take action ,the amount of energy dollars we all save will greatly help with, not only our own personal savings, but  greatly reduce our dependence of foreign energy sources.

Here are a few ways for you to start:

Go to this site for a free tool that will help you find out how energy efficient your home really is.
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Join the group of concerned energy conservation advocates HERE

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WE HAVE COME TOGETHER IN TIMES OF NATIONAL UNITY, LET'S NOT LET ENERGY CONSERVATION BECOME A REQUIREMENT IMPOSED BY OUR GOVERNMENT.

wE CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE USE AND SAVE ENERGY BY PRACTICING BETTER ENERGY CONSUMING HABITS.