This holiday season, millions of people are searching for new ways to save money and simultaneously maintain their lifestyle. But while unemployment rises and bills pile up, the temperature keeps dropping. Despite the looming costs, people are still blasting their heaters to triple-digit bills every month, all the while spewing greenhouse gases into the weakened environment. For those of us who are looking for a solution, not an excuse, try something new this winter. Save yourself some money and provide the planet with some relief by cutting back on your energy usage.

If you live in a region that experiences cold weather in winter, heating costs can take a 25-50 percent chunk out of your monthly budget. The rapidly escalating costs of home heating has nearly doubled in the last few years, but most people's incomes have not been as fortunate. Minimize your use of ventilation fans in your bathroom and kitchen during the winter. A bathroom fan can suck all the heated air out of an average house in little more than an hour.

Heat the Room You're In

Don't heat areas of your home that you don't use regularly, such as guest rooms and offices. Close heating vents or turn down thermostats in those areas of the house and close the doors to produce heating cost reductions. Instead, turn down the heat and use space heaters to heat the room you're in. Most people spend the majority of their time in two rooms: the room that has the television and the bedroom. And sometimes that is the same room. If you turn down the thermostat and heat the room you're in, you will decrease the cost of heating by a significant amount over the course of the winter.

Use the Sun Wisely

As much as half of your household energy is used to heat and cool. By heating only the room you're in, you are also reducing energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and your carbon footprint. Additionally, use natural sunlight wisely. During the winter, leave shades and blinds open on sunny days to allow natural heat inside. Close the shades and blinds at night to reduce the amount of heat lost through windows. Exercise your green-ness and be resourceful with the natural heat of the sun.

Vornado® Digital Vortex Heater DVTH

The Vornado® Digital Vortex Heater DVTH is different from traditional space heaters. It doesn't just heat the space directly in front of it, the Vornado DVTH uses Vornado's signature Vortex Technology to quietly create swirling, deep-penetrating currents that disburse heat evenly throughout the room. A Vornado electric heater can warm the entire room in minutes!

The Vornado DVTH features Auto-Adjusting Climate Control to eliminate annoying hot and cold cycles and save energy. Simply set the temperature with the easy to use digital push button controls and walk away. The Vornado DVTH will begin to raise all room air to the selected setting. When it's reached, the heater continuously and precisely regulates the heat output and fan speed. For more information on Vornado heaters and their dynamic catalog of air circulators, fans, heaters, humidifiers, filters and fans, go to http://www.vornadocentral.com.