Bathroom: Don't let energy go down the drain
 Place faucet levers in the "cold" position when using small amounts of water as the "hot" position uses energy to heat the water even though it may never reach the faucet.
- Replace your showerhead with one that saves water to reduce the costs of heating water.
- Turn off the bathroom vent fan as soon as you are done using it. It can drain the house of heated or cooled air in just one hour.
- An average bath uses 15-25 gallons of hot water while a five-minute shower uses less than 10 gallons. To save energy, take showers instead of baths and keep them as short and cool as tolerable.
- Fix leaky faucets. One drip can waste up to 250 gallons of water per month, which translates to 3,000 gallons of wasted water annually.
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