HOW TO LOWER YOUR HEATING BILLS

Its Winter in Michigan.  Time to change and replace your furnace filter:

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If you are really looking to lower your electric bills this Winter, here are some very useful hints:

1.  Change out your Thermostat to a NEST thermostat.    Believe it or not, most people leave the house at one temperature and forget to change it.  The Nest Learning Thermostat will learn your schedule, program itself and can be contrrolled from you smart phone.  The Nest Thermostat can lower your heating and cooling bills up to 20%.  The Nest Thermostat provides you with a detailed reading of your energy usage.  If you don't know how much you are using, you really don't know how much you can save.


If you just turn down your thermostat by 2 degrees, you will save around $180 dollars per year.

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2. Change your furnace air filter:  Your furnace air filter is very similar to the air filter in your vehicle or to the filter in your vacume cleaner.  By replacing the filter, you will increase the air flow to the furnace.  By doing this simple act, you will increase the life of your furnace.  Change the furnace filter every two months (this will increase its efficiency by 50%).

3. Replace your Humidifier filter.  This will clean up the air, add moisture, eleminate static pressure, and help cut down on your dusting.  Most of the homes in Michigan are equipted with a humidifier.  You should replace the filter at least once every year.

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4. Simple trick number 4.  Make sure that your dishwasher is full before you turn it on.  Research has proven that they are more energy and water efficient when they are full.

 

5. Try insulating your water tank.  Or, how about a going down to HomeDepot or Lowes and buying a Water Heater Blanket.

 

6. Clean the condenser coil on your refrigerator.  This will improve its efficiency.

 

7. Do laundry before 7:00am and after 10:00pm.  This simple act can reduce your energy requirements and costs.  It is a known fact that some provinces raise your electric rates in the daytime (prime time).  Also, don't forget to dry two or more loads of laundry in a row to take advantage of an already a warm dryer.  Don't forget to clean the lint filter!!!!!!!!! A clogged lint filter can increase energy use by up to 30%.

8. Weatherproof your home.  Caulking and insulation!!!! Pull out your caulking gun and seal up those tine cracks and crevices around your window panes and doors.  Try the candle test near your windows.  If the flame blows out; you have a leak!!!
A Gap or crack around the window or door is equivalent of a 3 foot by 3 foot hole in the wall.  Caulking and weather-stripping will seal off these leaks.

 

* use putty to seal gaps around loose window panes.

* cover bare floors with padded rugs.

9.  Unplug home electronics!! Turn off your computer when you are not using it.  Do you have an extra refrigerator in the basement or in the garage?  If you are really not using them; unglug them.  It will save you around $10 dollars every month.

10. Replace your old light bulbs with incandescent bulbs.  They give off 90% of their energy as HEAT.

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Now, if you are looking to really lower your bills this WINTER, consider:

1. Taking a hot shower instead of taking a hot bath.  A typical shower uses about 1.4kWh.  A hot bath uses 5kWh.

2. Compact fluorescent lights use 75% less energy and conventional incandescent light bulbs.

3. Unplug things; unplug chargers. Unplug PDA; digital cameras; cordless tools.

4.  Use power strips to switch off televisions and stereos when not using them.  Their standby comsumption can be equivalent to that of a 75 or 100 watt light bulb running continuously.

5.  Set your refrigerator temperature at 38 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit.

6. Turn off your lights.  Remember to flick the switch when you leave a room.