Is this winter’s chilly weather driving your energy bill through the roof? If so, it’s time to tame your bills by utilizing your home’s energy more efficiently. Fortunately, there are plenty of simple spring energy-saving tips that can help you lower your energy costs.
Here are five tips you can use to tame your energy costs this spring:
- Install and use ceiling fans. Installing ceiling fans in your home is one of the easiest ways to reduce heating and cooling costs. Ceiling fans can move hot air down during the winter and cool your home during the summer. You can hire a handyman to install ceiling fans in your home.
- Upgrade your window treatments to insulated drapes. Your windows are your home’s biggest source of heat gain during the summer and heat loss during the winter. Insulated drapes can help keep this gain or loss to a minimum. You can hire an interior designer to help you pick out and install your drapes.
- Install a programmable thermostat. If you’re not home, there’s no reason for your HVAC system to be running at full blast. A programmable thermostat lets you control when your HVAC system turns on. An HVAC technician can install one and help you program its schedule according to your family’s needs.
- Minimize heat generating activities. When you’re using your oven, your entire kitchen is going to warm up. During the spring and summer, this can cause your A/C to run harder, driving up energy bills. If you need to use your oven, try to do so after dark. Other heat generating activities you can do after dark include laundry and washing dishes.
- Schedule regular maintenance for your HVAC equipment. To keep your HVAC system running efficiently, it needs regular maintenance. Once a year, have an HVAC professional inspect and calibrate your equipment.
These spring energy-saving tips can help lower your energy costs without compromising your comfort. To schedule service for your A/C or heat pump, contact Energy 1 Heating & Air Conditioning in the Lorain area today.
Our goal is to help educate our customers in Lorain, Ohio about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about energy-saving tips and other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.
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