More and more PEOPLE are becoming passionate about conserving energy in the home, and this boils down to two fundamental reasons: to SAVE money and to reduce the amount of damage caused to the environment.If more households use less energy (or a cleaner energy source), we’ll see a reduction in damage to the ozone layer, and we’ll reduce our dependence on fossil fuels which are non-renewable and harmful to the environment.However, for this to happen in a meaningful way, we’ve all got to do our part.Living a more sustainable and environmentally FRIENDLY lifestyle doesn’t necessarily mean you have to change your way of living drastically – you don’t need to start washing your clothes by hand or sitting in the dark!The act of simply taking small steps to live with more awareness is instrumental in undoing some of the damage already done to the environment. These steps can be:switching to renewable energy in your householdturning off the LIGHTS when you leave a roomusing energy-efficient lightbulbsusing less waterturning things off rather than leaving them on standbynot heating/cooling your home when no one is inAnd a host of energy saving TIPS we’ll get into below!