Energy costs prompt careful use of home air conditioning
A Honeywell survey shows energy costs rank high for consumers with home air conditioning. Many would struggle to cut AC use further to save energy, especially in the Midwest, while Northeastern and Western regions have fewer AC households. Tips include service checks, monthly filter cleaning, and replacing clogged disposable filters.
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Honeywell
Energy Management Information Center
Northeast
West
Jody Walsh
Federal Contract Administration For Information Systems
What’s New Indoors and Northern House Tips
Indoor energy saving tips include washing with warm water, lowering hot water heater temperature, using shade and blinds, and full loads on appliances. Outdoor shading ideas cover deciduous trees, awnings, and roof overhangs. A furniture refinishing book by George Grotz is reviewed, with a note inviting readers to submit ideas. Results and letters appear weekly in Lifestyle.
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George Grotz
New York City
Delta Books
Weekend events and listings for Syracuse area readers
Tomorrow Picnic at Willow Bay 1 p.m. rain date May 29. Children's films at Mundy and Hazard libraries. Annual Kappa Alpha Psi dance at Crumlin's 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets $10. Sunday chicken barbecue Navarino Fire Dept noon to 5 p.m. Patter Poems for Flute 1-2 p.m. Everson’s Sure Court. Next Friday Vincent House Guild tea 25 p.m. at 206 Summit Ave. Donations fund Vincent House programs. Kids films and stories at local libraries. Spaghetti supper St. Joseph Council 5898 5:30-8:30 p.m. Third annual used book sale Literacy Volunteers 11 a.m.-3 p.m. St. Paul’s Cathedral. Craft show South Shore Clubhouse 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 699-8891. Orienteering at Pratts Falls Park. Youth baseball Geddes fields 10 a.m.-noon. Opera for Everyone 4 p.m. Hotel Syracuse. St. Cecilia’s fair 1-5 p.m. Woods Road Park Solvay rain move to Youth Center.
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Metropolitan
Willow Bay
Mundy
Hazard Library
Syracuse
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc
Crumlin’s
Levi Thomas
Clarence Coston
Navarino Fire Department
Bob Basey
Diane Bostick
Everson
Sure Court
Oneida Lake
South Shore
South Bay Road
Lakeshore Road
Margaret Francoeur
White
Hazard
Syracuse Orienteering Club
Onondaga County Department of Parks and Recreation
Pratts Falls
Pompey
Town of
Geddes Ball Fields
Grand and
Fay Roads
Westvale
Burger King
Recreation Department
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Martin Sokol
N.Y.C. Opera
Crystal Court
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Fairmount Fair
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