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How do you manage to save on home energy costs…?

March 7th, 2010 |

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I’ve been doing my part. I don’t turn my heat on till the week before Thanksgiving and shut it off at Easter. I live in New England. I wear a sweater, knitted hat and slippers around the house (and to bed if needed). I do light the fire place to burn papers and junk mail and throw on a log I cut myself. It works for me. What can you do about saving energy costs in the home that you can teach us all ?
Good answers from everyone. We can all do a little more and get used to it. Energy independence is crutial in the short and long run.

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One Response to “How do you manage to save on home energy costs…?”

Charly Bravo says:

March 7, 2010 at 8:12 pm

It sounds like you are doing a fantastic job, especially compared to many others.

I would have to have more details to know exactly what you can do better. I have a home in New England myself and also one in Florida. But here are some general ideas, many of which I have implemented myself.

The first thing that I would do is to install a new thermostat for the heating/cooling unit of the home. I personally like the 7 day 4 time frame/day programmable unit. This is somewhere from $30-50. In the winter, allow the house to get cold during the day when you are not home, and set it to heat up so when you get home it is warm.

Next check and make sure that there is a significant amount of quality insulation in the walls, and attic/roof of your home. Then look at the windows and doors, for insulation value. When I got both of my properties they had single pain windows, that were allowing heat and cold to flow in and out of the house. My home in NE I was able to turn down the thermostat about 6 degrees after new windows were installed.

The next biggest user of electricity is usually your hot water heater. I installed what is called "The little gray box" which is similar to the programmable thermostat but it is mechanical. This too is a tremendous help. If you have a gas hot water heater…this will not help. insulating the pipes and tank is a very good idea as well.

I took my home in Florida to the next level on my hot water heater and installed a solar powered hot water heater. With this, I use electricity about 2 weeks a year in total to heat my water for a family of 4.

Next having Energy Star rated appliances is a great next step. Then lighting, using CFLs is a great jump as well.

Many times your utility company will come out and do a free energy check of your home to see what is going to be best implemented. USE THEM!!!

As for a reference, my home with a family of 4 we work out of our home and we average about $65/month in electric, which is all of our utility cost.

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