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What are the benefits of participating in SEEA and promoting energy efficiency?

Improve bottom line

Increasing energy efficiency reduces waste and lowers costs, greenhouse gases, and other emissions. Energy-efficiency initiatives can help improve productivity.

Support economic development

A region committed to energy efficiency helps businesses be more competitive and fosters a favorable climate for attracting new businesses and jobs to the region.

Make it voluntary

Voluntary energy-efficiency programs designed by regional alliances, rather than by government, are market-driven and benefit not only consumers, but the participating stakeholders as well.

Improve air quality

Air quality in the Southeast is a regional issue that needs regional solutions. SEEA’s regional strategy will design programs that meet regulators’ requirements in a more cost-effective manner than is possible under state-by-state plans.

Develop partnerships

A collaborative approach will produce energy-efficiency initiatives and programs that all SEEA stakeholders can agree on.

How to work with SEEA?

Businesses

Industrial, commercial, and retail businesses keep up-to-date at SEEA on cost-effective methods for improving energy utilization and the bottom line. Manufacturers can help educate the public about energy-efficient products and practices.

Consumers

Educational programs demystify energy efficiency for consumers, who will find it possible to cut costs while maintaining - or even increasing - comfort.

Utilities

Utilities can work through SEEA to design and operate energy-efficiency programs in the most cost-effective ways. Some utilities may prefer SEEA to administer their energy-efficiency programs, allowing the utilities to focus on their core business.

Governments and Communities

Working together throughout the region, federal, state, and local governments can benchmark best practices, improve efficiency standards, and deliver programs at a lower cost through coordinated efforts.

Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofits can meet their goals, through SEEA, with improved access to policy makers and practitioners of energy efficiency.

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Turn off everything not in use: lights, TVs, computers, etc.

During hot months, keep window coverings closed on the south, east and west windows. In winter, let the sun in.

Glass fireplace doors help stop heat from being lost up the chimney. Also, close the fireplace damper when not in use.

ENERGY STAR® compact fluorescent bulbs use two-thirds less energy and last up to 10 times longer than incandescent light bulbs.

Activate "sleep" features on computers and office equipment that power down when not in use for a while.

Dress appropriately for the weather, and set your thermostat to the lowest possible comfortable setting.

When cooking, keep the lids on pots. Better yet, use a microwave oven instead.

Install low-flow showerheads and sink aerators to reduce hot water use.

Replace your five most used light bulbs with ENERGY STAR® compact fluorescent bulbs to save $60 each year in energy costs.

Only heat or cool the rooms you need - close vents and doors of unused rooms.

Use cold water for laundry and save up to $63 a year - detergents formulated for cold water get clothes just as clean.

Storm windows can reduce heat lost by single-paned windows by 25-50 percent during the winter.

To save on hot water, take five-minute showers instead of baths.

In summer, use fans whenever possible instead of AC, and ventilate at night this way when practical. Fans cost less to use than AC.

Turn off office equipment during longer periods of non-use to cut energy costs and improve longevity.

Seal and weatherstrip your windows and doors to ensure that you're not wasting energy heating or cooling through leaks to the outdoors.

Your water heater should be set at "warm", so that a thermometer held under running water reads no more than 120 degrees.

Check the furnance or air conditioner filter each month, and clean or replace it as needed.

Insulate ducts to improve your heating system’s efficiency and your own comfort.

Do only full loads when using the clothes washer or dishwasher.

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