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 tepid plus humid with un-even temperatures often soaring into the upper eighties. The winters are especially brutal with conditions in the disadvantage digits, serious wind chill plus feet of snow. Fall plus Springtime are usually wet, cold plus windy. For the majority of the year, it’s necessary to run either the gas furnace or the air conditioner. I’m either paying a gigantic gas bill or a immense electric bill. I’ve made it our mission to reduce those costs. I enrolled in a repair program with a local HVAC business that includes two services per year. A specialist inspects, cleans plus adjusts the air conditioner in the Springtime plus does the same to the gas furnace in the fall. Because of this proper upkeep, I can be sure that both systems are operating at peak efficiency plus reliability. I make sure to change the air filters properly, plus 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 advantage on new windows plus exterior doors for our home plus carefully caulked plus weatherstripped. I spent a absolutely bad Friday crawling around in the attic plus installing new insulation, plus I put up ceiling fans in most of the rooms. The ceiling fans toil to push the heat down toward the floor during the Wintertide plus encourage it up plus out in the summer. All of these efforts have helped however I’m still unhappy with the cost of temperature control.