I spent a entirely awful Saturday crawling around in the attic and installing current insulation, and I put up ceiling fans in most of the rooms
I’ve done the math and realized that the cost of heating and cooling adds up to around 50% of our household energy expenses. It’s not all that surprising due to the demands of our local weather. The summers are boiling and humid with hot and cold temperatures often soaring into the upper eighties. The winters are especially brutal with conditions in the downside digits, severe wind chill and feet of snow. Fall and Spring are usually wet, cold and windy. For the majority of the year, it’s necessary to run either the oil furnace or the a/c. I’m either paying a gigantic gas bill or a huge electric bill. I’ve made it my mission to reduce those costs. I enrolled in a service program with a local Heating in addition to Air Conditioning supplier that includes two services per year. A supplier inspects, cleans and adjusts the a/c in the Spring and does the same to the oil furnace in the fall. Because of this correct upkeep, I can be sure that both systems are operating at peak efficiency and reliability. I make sure to change the air filters respectfully, and I’ve invested into a smart control unit. The control component includes occupancy sensors that register whether or not the several rooms are in use. When the area is empty, it automatically adjusts temperature to conserve energy. I spent a small fortune on current windows and exterior doors for our home and carefully caulked and weatherstripped. I spent a entirely awful Saturday crawling around in the attic and installing current insulation, and I put up ceiling fans in most of the rooms. The ceiling fans work to push the heat down toward the floor while I was in the Winter time and encourage it up and out in the summer. All of these efforts have helped however I’m still unhappy with the cost of temperature control.