New Web pages help you use less energy, save money, lower your carbon footprint

Every year, New Hampshire spends some $5 billion to heat, cool and light our buildings, run our vehicles, and power our industries.

Granite State households consume about 30 percent of this energy. Some experts believe most New Hampshire homeowners could reduce their overall energy consumption by 20 percent or more. This would produce a collective savings of more than $200 million a year in New Hampshire.

To make it easy for you to learn more about energy-efficient home building or home renovation, saving energy inside your home, and financial incentives to help you make energy improvements, we've added a section of online energy resources to our website.

These resources complement the Energy Answers Info Line at our Education Center in Manchester. If you can't find answers to your home energy questions on our Web pages, call the Info Line, 1-877-398-4769, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Also, check out the extensive home-energy resources available at our national eXtension site. You may want to take advantage of the Ask-an-expert feature of that site.