Right in your own home, you have the power to save money and energy. Saving energy reduces our nation's overall demand for resources needed to make energy, and increasing your energy efficiency is like adding another clean energy source to our electric power grid.

This guide shows you how easy it is to cut your energy use at home and also on the road. The easy, practical solutions for saving energy include tips you can use today-from the roof and landscaping to appliances and lights. They are good for your wallet and for the environment-and actions that you take help reduce our national needs to produce or import more energy, thereby improving our energy security.

This guide was originally published by the U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. You can download a PDF here.