The ceiling fans work to push the heat down toward the floor while in the Winter plus encourage it up plus out in the summer
I’ve done the math plus realized that the cost of heating plus 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 overheated plus humid with temperatures often soaring into the upper eighties. The winters are especially brutal with conditions in the downside digits, serious wind chill plus feet of snow. Fall plus Spring are usually wet, chilly plus windy. For the majority of the year, it’s necessary to run either the gas furnace or the a/c. I’m either paying a gigantic gas bill or a big electric bill. I’ve made it our mission to reduce those costs. I enrolled in a maintenance program with a local Heating plus Air Conditioning company that includes 2 services per year. A serviceman inspects, cleans plus adjusts the a/c in the Spring plus does the same to the gas furnace in the fall. Because of this regular upkeep, I can be sure that both systems are operating at peak efficiency plus reliability. I make sure to change the air filters officially, plus I’ve invested into a smart thermostat. The thermostat includes occupancy sensors that register whether or not the numerous rooms are in use. When the section is empty, it automatically adjusts temperature to conserve energy. I spent a small fortune on new windows plus exterior doors for our house plus carefully caulked plus weatherstripped. I spent a legitimately bad Wednesday crawling around in the attic plus installing new insulation, plus I put up ceiling fans in most of the rooms. The ceiling fans work to push the heat down toward the floor while in the Winter plus encourage it up plus out in the summer. All of these efforts have helped but I’m still unhappy with the cost of temperature control.