A good way for your family and my family to have a more efficient household is to limit the number of lights left on inside your house.  This is one thing that my dad has been on me about since the day I was born and I'm still bad at it.  If you start to pay attention to when you leave lights on after leaving the room you will start to acknowledge a terrible habit.  The habit of leaving a room with the lights still on.  It can be one of the reasons that you are paying such a high electrical bill and it saves energy which can help with you and your family's carbon footprint.  In an article by constellation.com about whether or not it is worth it to turn lights off when leaving a room they said: "turning off lights saves energy generally".  This shows that it is usually worth it to turn off the lights. Another step would be to limit your shower times as the heating of the water uses a lot of energy to create the heat and can also add to your carbon footprint and your electricity bill.  another part of that is even brought up in a Washington Post article which says "You’ve  turned on the shower, but there’s no way you’re getting into it quite yet. The water’s not hot enough. So you start your routine, whatever it is — doing some chores, answering some e-mails — while the water runs and runs, much of it already hot."  this is an extremely hurtful routine which can waste tons of water and energy.  People have dubbed it "behavioral waste" and it just means that people are naturally wasting resources because it is just a part of their own routine.