Tips on Saving Bucks on Energy in Your Home
A typical U.S. family spends more than $1,600 a year on home utility bills, yet making some simple changes around the home can save money and make heating and cooling systems more efficient, according to World Energy Solutions, a publicly traded energy services company based in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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”Many of the energy-saving secrets we use for our commercial purchasers may also be applied to the home,” claims Benjamin Croxton, CEO of World Energy Solutions. ”There are a lot of commonsense, low cost and no-cost paths to lower your home energy use as well as many new technologies that may be applied to your house’s energy-consuming systems.”
Here are a couple of tips from the North American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy on things householders can do to make their houses more energy efficient :
Turn down the temperature of your water heater to the warm setting.
Use energy-saving settings on chillers, dishwashers, washing machines and garments dryers.
Use compact fluorescent bulbs, which can save three-quarters of the electricity used by incandescents. First to be replaced should be any 60-watt to 100-watt bulbs that are used several hours a day.
Have your heating and cooling systems serviced in the fall and spring. Duct sealing can also improve the energy efficiency and overall performance of your furnace or central air conditioner.
Clean or replace furnace, air conditioner and heat-pump filters.
Assess your heating and cooling systems to determine if you should replace or retrofit them to make them work more efficiently to provide the same comfort, or better, with less energy.
”If your house’s central air-conditioning system is over 10 years of age, a new up-to-the-minute system can save you thirty % or more of your house’s air-conditioning expense,” asserts George Hiker , air-conditioning expert with World Energy Solutions.
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