Many homeowners here in California and Nevada are resigned to paying higher and higher utility bills. The truth is, we don’t have to just accept higher costs for energy.
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Category Archives: Energy Savings
Sealing Air Leaks In Your Home? Remember The Attic Hatch
If you’re like many homeowners in California and Nevada, your attic hatch is not properly sealed against air leaks. According to the Energy Savers website, just a quarter-inch space around the edge of your attic access door may let the same amount of air pass through as goes through your bedroom heating vent.
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Your Furnace Purchase: Is It Better To Pay More Up Front And Spend Less Later, Or Spend Less Now And Pay Later?
Making a new furnace purchase is not a simple task. There are so many factors to consider it can make your head spin. For many people, one of the primary factors is cost, and even this is not as simple as comparing price tags. When it comes to furnaces, you have to consider both the [...]
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Lower Your Heating Bills Without Spending A Fortune
Contrary to popular belief, we do need to use heating equipment to warm our homes in winter here in Nevada and California. In fact, our heating costs can be quite hefty, especially in the higher elevations. If you’re not ready to purchase one of the latest ultra-energy-efficient furnaces, you can still lower your heating bills significantly [...]
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How A Variable-Speed Blower Motor Helps Your Furnace Run Longer And More Efficiently
If your home has an older heating system, you have a single-speed blower motor. These furnaces generally work fine, but they aren’t very energy efficient and you’re probably paying way too much on your utility bills each month. That in itself is a good reason to look at a new model with a variable-speed blower [...]
Two Features To Look For — In Addition To The AFUE Rating — When You’re Buying A High-Efficiency Furnace
Searching for a new furnace for your California or Nevada home is made a lot easier by the AFUE (annual fuel utilization efficiency) rating system. The rating is intended to help you compare the energy efficiency of heating equipment such as furnaces and boilers.
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Putting Together An Energy Savings Strategy That Will Serve You For The Long Term
If you are like most homeowners, you’re interested in saving energy and money while keeping your home environment comfortable, healthy and safe. If your home is like many in the California/Nevada region, you could be using significantly less energy to cool and heat it, as long as you know where to start.
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Simple Energy-Saving Tips Help Get Your Home Equipment Ready For Winter
Employing a few simple energy-saving tips can save a lot of time, hassle and expense, even though the prospect of winter may not be particularly worrisome for most homeowners in Southern California and Nevada:
Evaporator Coils Contribute To Efficiency, Too: Find Out How Much
Many of us are trying to minimize our household expenses, and that includes our utility bills. An overlooked source of potential energy waste — your air conditioner’s evaporator coil — is hidden in your air conditioner. To appreciate how evaporator coils contribute to the efficiency (or inefficiency) of air conditioning and heating systems, you should [...]
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A Programmable Thermostat Gives You Precise Control Over Your Home’s Heating And Cooling — Here’s How
Is your family using a programmable thermostat? You probably should be. Programmable thermostats offer Southern California and Las Vegas (Nevada) homeowners one of the simplest, most effective ways to control comfort and save energy.
