Inefficient Kitchens Are No Match for Next Step Living

    BOSTON, MA, April 03, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- If you're thinking about spring cleaning, your kitchen is a good place to start. From inefficient cooking to smart steps on picking a refrigerator, homeowners can reduce energy waste immediately in their homes.

1. Set the refrigerator temperature to between 34 degree and 37 degree F, and your freezer from 0 degree to 5 degree F.

2. Take a walk to your basement, and be sure that you haven't plugged in an unused refrigerator or freezer. If you have, unplug it right away.

3. Let hot food cool down before storing it in the refrigerator to reduce how hard your refrigerator has to work to bring the temperature down.

Next Step Living is the leading provider of home energy solutions in the Northeast, with its newest office opening in Purchase, New York in early 2015. Whether or not you're looking for solar panels, efficient windows or insulation, Next Step Living offers a number of solutions in its whole-home approach to help make homes more energy-efficient and sustainable. In late 2014, the company expanded its footprint as a thought leader with the creation of HomeEnergy.Tips, designed to help homeowner combat high energy costs.

"Having Next Step Living perform an energy assessment of my home was one of the best decisions I've made as a homeowner," says John Kenny, a Next Step Living customer from New City, New York. "My energy advisor not only explained how my home was using - and losing - energy, but also what improvements I could make that would have the biggest impact on increasing my comfort and lowering utility bills."

Take the first step, and schedule a home energy assessment.

About Next Step Living

One of the fastest-growing companies in the country, Next Step Living is the leading provider of whole-home energy solutions in the Northeast. In 2014, Next Step Living continued its triple bottom line focus with an expansion into the commercial sector when it became the exclusive provider of EcoThermal Filter Systems, an innovative energy-saving product for commercial kitchens. Headquartered in Boston's Innovation District, Next Step Living makes it easy and affordable for people to have a low environmental impact. A one-stop service provider of informed advice, funding guidance and expert work, Next Step Living partners with more than 400 municipalities, civic organizations, leading corporations and utility companies to deliver energy-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for better living. Next Step Living makes our world better. Please visit NextStepLiving.com for more information.

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