To prevent spending too much money on the condo heating bill this winter, try some energy saving techniques that will keep more heat in your house and more green in your pocket. Plus, your family will love the extra cash you have to spend on gifts for them this year!

• Open kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing. Be sure to move any harmful cleaners and household chemicals up out of the reach of children.

• When the weather is very cold outside, let the cold water drip from the faucet served by exposed pipes. Running water through the pipe–even at a trickle–helps prevent pipes from freezing because the temperature of the water running through it is above freezing.

• Keep the thermostat set to the same temperature both during the day and at night. By temporarily suspending the use of lower nighttime temperatures, you may incur a higher heating bill, but you can prevent a much more costly repair job if pipes freeze and burst.

• Locate your water main in the event you need to shut it off in an emergency.

• If you will be going away during the cold weather, leave the heat on in your home, set to a temperature no lower than 15°C.

• Use venting fans sparingly. Fans that vent air from the inside to the outside are great at moving bathroom steam or kitchen smoke out of the condo. Unfortunately, they are also great at moving heat out of the condo at a rapid pace. Use room fans to circulate air instead of turning these heat thieves on.

• Make sure your condo is sealed. Extensive drafts around doors and windows are chief culprits of heat loss. Try to find air leaks and use weather-strips or weather caulking to reduce the airflow through these orifices.

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