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This year, the annual holiday marks a momentous milestone by celebrating its 40th anniversary.  In commemoration, OSRAM SYLVANIA has announcing its 40 for the Future Earth Day Challenge to rally and inspire consumers to save a collective 40 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy in the 40 days leading up to Earth Day on April 22, 2010.

Learn how easy it can be to “green” your lifestyles, home, office and communities.  Specifically, we challenge you to take every day actions that will collectively save 40 million kilowatt hours of energy between March 14 and April 22, 2010.

How the SYLVANIA 40 for the Future Earth Day Challenge Works:
Consumers and businesses in the United States and Canada are invited to enter their commitment as to how they will contribute to the 40 for the Future Earth Day Challenge.  Participants can check the progress of the challenge and how many kilowatt hours of energy have been saved thanks to a real-time online meter. 

Most ceiling fans have a switch that allows the blades to run in reverse. This switch can lower heating costs up to 10% and makes it seem warmer by making an updraft that sends warmer air pooled near the ceiling back down (the dailygreen.com). Give it a try today - you will save a little green in your wallet and help the environment too!

If you're stopped for more than thirty seconds, turn that engine off. An idling car creates twice the amount of emissions as a running car and idling for just fifteen minutes on a weekday can cost you upwards of $100. WOW! So turn that car off.

Here’s another valuable Green Tip from Focus on Energy: Electronics like computers, DVD players, stereos and TVs draw power, even when turned off.  This is called “phantom load”.  Reduce your annual energy costs by plugging these electronics into a power strip and switching it off when items aren’t in use.  But that’s just the start.  There are so many ways to green the way you live and save energy and money.  For more Green Tips from Wisconsin’s energy efficiency and renewable energy resource, visit focusonenergy.com.

Here’s another valuable Green Tip from Focus on Energy: Replace the five most used light bulbs in your house with ENERGY STAR® qualified compact fluorescent light bulbs. You’ll save about $150 in energy costs, keep 1,000 pounds of coal from being burned and prevent 2,000 pounds of greenhouse gases. But that’s just the start. There are so many ways to green the way you live and save energy and money.

For more Green Tips from Wisconsin’s energy efficiency and renewable energy resource, visit focusonenergy.com.

Here’s another valuable Green Tip from Focus on Energy: Conserve up to 7,000 gallons of water a year with an ENERGY STAR® qualified clothes washer. And by spinning clothes faster, it also reduces dryer time. It could save hundreds on your annual energy bill – and over its lifetime, enough water to fill three backyard swimming pools. But that’s just the start. There are so many ways to green the way you live and save energy and money. For more Green Tips from Wisconsin’s energy efficiency and renewable energy resource, visit focusonenergy.com.

Here’s another valuable Green Tip from Focus on Energy: Wisconsin ENERGY STAR® Homes use 25% less energy than standard new homes. That can add up to thousands of dollars in savings in the time that you live there. And you won’t just save money. Your energy efficiency will also prevent thousands of pounds of harmful, greenhouse gases each year. But that’s just the start. There are so many ways to green the way you live and save energy and money. For more Green Tips from Wisconsin’s energy efficiency and renewable energy resource, visit focusonenergy.com.

Here’s another valuable Green Tip from Focus on Energy:

The average home actually produces more pollution each year than the average car. If just one out of every 10 U.S. households used ENERGY STAR® qualified heating and cooling equipment, we would prevent more than 17 billion pounds of greenhouse gases each year. But that’s just the start. There are so many ways to green the way you live and save energy and money.

For more Green Tips from Wisconsin’s energy efficiency and renewable energy resource, visit focusonenergy.com.

Let the City of Milwaukee’s Project Clean & Greet refresh your home and renew your neighborhood. Now through June 5th, clean out your home and garage of unwanted bulky items and place them at your collection point on your regularly scheduled garbage day and the City will pick them up. Watch for a community planning project in your neighborhood presented by Project Evergreen because green matters. Look for the Project Clean and Green hang tag on your garbage cart for more information. Call 286- CITY or visit www.mpw.net to learn more. Let’s work together to make Milwaukee Cleaners and Greener.