Have you committed to being more environmentally responsible? Are you looking for a simple solution to reduce your carbon footprint upon the Earth? Would you like an easy way to turn your home green that doesn't cost a lot of money?

You can achieve all three of these worthwhile goals by performing a common household chore most people forget – regularly replace your home’s air conditioner filter!

Going “green” doesn’t require you to give up the modern comforts of daily life. You only need to be aware of the areas where you can make a significant impact. A good place to start is your air conditioner filter. Your home cooling system is an important part of your home during the hot summer months. If you live in more arid parts of the world you probably utilize your air conditioning for a majority of the day. Because it runs so frequently, it’s a great place to save energy.

Besides adjusting your thermostat, maintaining a clean and effective air conditioner filter can reduce your energy consumption, thereby lowering your homes CO² emissions. When you have dirty, overloaded home air filters your system must work harder to cool your living space.

A congested, clogged air conditioner filter restricts the air flow through the system and substantially reduces its efficiency. A 20-30% efficiency reduction can cost you thousands of dollars over the course of your system’s lifetime. Worse yet, severely clogged home air filters can be sucked into the blower motor and cause catastrophic failure that requires you to completely replace your system.

If you are like a majority of homeowners, you are aware of the advantages and the need to change your air conditioner filter on a regular schedule. However, it’s easier said than done. TheAir Conditioner Filters Made Easy program helps you remember by delivering your home air filters to your door when you need to replace them.

This helps your home become “green” in several ways with very little effort:

1. You no longer need to drive to the big box or hardware store to buy your filters so you will not be burning gasoline to get there.

2. Your air conditioner filter arrives on time when you need to change it. This allows your system to work at peak efficiency all the time.

3. Gone are the days when you realize that you forgot to change your filter and you are wasting precious energy because it is overloaded with dirt, dust and grime.

The longer you forget or procrastinate, the higher your energy consumption and impact on the environment.

With each individual home there is a specific trade off point when the energy cost of keeping an air conditioner filter in serviceis more expensive than replacing it. If you replace it too soon, you end up using too many filters; if you wait too long, you lose the “green” benefits it provides. Since environmental concerns are a high priority in today’s society, it makes sense to change your air conditioner filters sooner rather than later.

In the long run your home air filter is a small investment when it comes to helping our environment and reducing your home's CO² impact. The Air Conditioner Filters Made Easy program makes it easy to be green in a significant way. That makes a big difference in your bills and in how much energy you consume and how green your home can be.