Name: 您的房屋是否引起全球变暖？（Is Your House Causing Global Warming?）
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It was a scorcher yesterday, so I cranked the air conditioning but then I started getting

chilly, so I got under my electric blanket.

Howdy domicile dwellers, Trace here for DNews.

When you're puttering around the house you're probably not thinking of melting ice caps

You probably just want the temperature right and the lights bright enough to avoid shin-high

And this is a huge challenge for climate scientists.

Climate change is such a massive, world-changing issue, that it's difficult for any one of

“No raindrop blames itself for the flood.”

But part of that is putting it in perspective, right?

A third of U.S. homes still use coal to generate those kilowatts; 36 states use it either as

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average consumption for a residential

To generate 1 kWh with a coal plant requires about 1.04 pounds of coal (0.47kg) -- which

So for every kilowatt hour you can cut, you're saving 2 pounds of harmful greenhouse gas,

not to mention other pollutants from entering our atmosphere!

So, if we limit the amount of energy we're wasting at home, we all save money AND help

And there are a TON of ways to do this…

For example, about 45 percent of that is used for air conditioning, heating, lighting and

Obviously, the easiest way to cut your use is to keep the temperature set below 68 in

the winter and wear a sweater, or above 78 in the hot summer months and go au natural.

All this will let your home heat itself more efficiently and remove over 1000 pounds of

Remember when your mom shouted, "Shut the door, you wanna heat the whole outdoors?"

She is right, but the windows were likely worse culprits; 10 to 25 percent of all energy

Simple stuff like simply using curtains to keep the hot sun out in the summer can make

They have two panes of glass, with air in between.

Believe-it-or-not air is a poor conductor of heat, so they insulate the house better,

And if you're one of those -- go big or go home types -- look at your light bulbs.

Incandescent bulbs waste 90% of all the energy it takes to make the light as heat.

Swapping just one for a more efficient alternative would reduce greenhouse gases by 400 pounds

There are a couple choices now: the crazy spiral tube-y ones called Compact Fluorescent

Lamps (CFLs) and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs).

If every household in the US swapped out only one of Edison's old-school bulbs that would

be the equivalent of taking 800,000 cars off the road.

LED bulbs ARE more expensive but last 8 to 10 times longer than a CFL (and 50 times longer

than old-school bulbs) and, unlike CFLs, they don't use mercury.

To put it in perspective a 100w lightbulb used for 1,000 hours (one lifetime) will require

100,000 watt hours -- or 100 kilowatt hours.

The LED equivalent over that same time would only be 25 kWh -- cutting another 160 pounds

In the US the EPA gives appliances an Energy Star label, telling us all how much energy

Using efficient appliances, AND living smartly, will save thousands of dollars in energy costs

and can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 65 tons per year PER PERSON!

Helping the planet is like putting money back in your wallet.

Another way to help save energy is by using smarter appliances.

“AT&T Digital Life smart home security helps keep you connected to you home, so there are

I know the internet likes to argue about it but in the scientific community there's

So why is it so hard to get people to care?

Part of it, is not calling it climate change…

Let us know what steps you'll take or how making a change worked out for you in the

comments, subscribe for more and I'll see you next time on DNews.