WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2007 /Alliance to Save Energy/ -- As thoughts turn to April tax filing deadlines, Earth Day April 22, and spring home improvements – while consumers also cope with high home and vehicle energy prices – the Alliance to Save Energy offers extensive print and Web resources to help consumers reduce their energy bills, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions, AND get a federal tax credit, too.

To help consumers become more "Energy $avvy," the Alliance offers helpful money- and energy-saving tips, information, and resources for consumers, kids, and educators for Earth Day 2007 and beyond:

Alliance consumer web site. Best selection of Tips to Lower Your Energy Bills and resources, from no-cost/low-cost tips and summer tips to operating your home office more energy efficiently and making energy-efficient home improvements –www.ase.org/consumer.

Home and vehicle energy-efficiency federal tax credit information in English and Spanish. The Department of Energy/Alliance to Save Energy consumer tax credit website provides detailed information in both English and Spanish at www.ase.org/taxcredits. Unless extended by Congress, the tax credits expire December 31, 2007.
Test your 'Energy IQ,' take the 6° of Energy Efficiency Challenge, and encourage your friends to do the same at www.sixdegreechallenge.org.

Fun and learning for kids. Check out www.ase.org/kids with links to lots of other great resources, and become an "Energy Hog Buster" at www.energyhog.org, which offers its fun games and learning experiences.
Energy lesson plans for K-12 teachers. Hands-on, multidisciplinary lesson plans at www.ase.org/section/_audience/educators/lessons.

Power$mart: Power Is in Your Hands consumer booklet. Preview at www.ase.org/powersmart or order single copies by calling 1-888-878-3256. The booklet can be customized for organizations and companies.

The unique "6° of Energy Efficiency Challenge" website www.sixdegreechallenge.org, created by the Alliance and 30+ diverse profit and nonprofit Power is in Your Hands campaign partners, demonstrates how our energy waste affects six key aspects of our lives – the energy prices we pay at the pumps and in our homes, our home comfort, the air we breathe and our respiratory health, our energy security, our economic well-being, and the world we leave behind. It encourages increased energy-efficiency actions through the multiplier affect – because even small actions by large numbers of people add up to significant benefits for all of us.


The Alliance to Save Energy is a coalition of prominent business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, economy, and national security.

Source: Alliance to Save Energy

CONTACT: Rozanne Weismann, Tel: 202-530-2217

Website: www.ase.org