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You might be wasting a lot of energy in your home, and not even know it. If you live in an older type of house, you may not have adequate wall and ceiling insulation, and this can be cheap and easy to fix. A quick call to your local government office should be the first thing you do, or you can do a quick search on your governments local website, as your area may subsidize these types of energy conservation.
As the picture shows, to the right, this is what the inside of your walls may look like, and the empty gap, is where the heat or cold may be escaping. Winter time is not the only time of year when your home may lose energy, it may happen in the summertime too, when you have your air conditioning on.
If you are serious about keeping your home warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer, this medium expense may be recouped within a couple of years, because of the savings on your energy bills.
