How you address air pollution in your home can have a big effect on the environment and on you and your family's health. The choices you make at home affect the amount of pollution outside your home as well as inside. Here is what you can do to pollute less and save money.

• Drive less - walk, bike, take the bus or carpool.
• Use compact fluorescent lights with energy-efficiency lighting and other energy-efficient appliances. To learn more about energy-efficient appliances visit the Energy Star web site.
• Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
• Plant deciduous trees in locations around your home to provide shade in the summer, but to allow light in the winter.
• Reduce, reuse and recycle whenever possible. (This conserves energy and reduces production emissions.)
• Properly dispose of household paints, solvents and pesticides. Store these materials in airtight containers. For information on handling solid waste visit the Office of Solid Waste Concerned Citizens website.
• Compost yard waste rather than burn.
• Keep wood stoves and fireplaces well maintained and burn only dry clean wood.
• Purchase "Green Power" for you home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
• Have leaky air conditioning and refrigeration systems repaired.
• Turn your thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer.
• Insulate your home, water heater and pipes.