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Turning off all unnecessary lights, especially in unused offices and conference rooms is an easy way to save energy.

When you save money on your utilities, you are also reducing the amount of energy and water you consume. This, coupled with recycling, reusing and reducing the products you consume are the easiest ways to turn your apartment green.

Common sense techniques are difficult to make habits. Everyone knows that it is important to turn off lights when you leave the room, turn off running water when you are brushing your teeth, but it is only by repetition do these conservation efforts become habit.
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Reduce your carbon footprint! Leaving your car at home twice a week can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 1,600 pounds per year. Save up errands and shopping trips so you need to drive fewer times. If you commute to work, ask if you can work from home at least some days, and you’ll reduce air pollution and traffic congestion – and save money

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Find the geyser switch, and get into the habit of turning it off each morning or evening, just before your bath or shower. This will stop cold water flowing into the geyser when you turn on the hot tap. Turn it on again an hour or so before you need hot water again.

There are some great geyser timers available, which automatically turn your geyser on and off, in accordance with bath and showering times in your household.

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Many children live close enough to school to walk, but time constraints and safety concerns put parents off. Instead of driving your children the few blocks, create the time to walk with them. You could double this up with walking the dog, or getting some exercise. You and your child get to spend quality time together, you save money on fuel, and you save the environment by reducing emissions.

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Make a habit of switching off the light as you leave a room for longer than fifteen minutes. Quite soon this becomes a compulsive habit, and you even start switching off other people’s lights for them!

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