I am constantly searching for modern plus better ways to increase the energy efficiency of my home, then i live in an section where the summers are hot plus humid, often bringing temperatures in the upper eighties or low nineties… The winters are especially long, frigid plus snowy.
- Temperatures below frigid or even in the disadvantage digits are expected, and my pal and I constantly rely on the furnace for eight months of the year.
The a/c runs for approximately three months; Heating plus cooling accounts for around fifty percent of our household energy bills. The expense is a significant drain on the budget. I have installed modern windows, caulked, weatherstripped plus insulated, hoping to tighten up the thermal envelope. I upgraded to a smart thermostat to take fortune of energy saving potential. The smart thermostat automatically caters to my family’s schedule plus avoids heating or cooling an empty apartment to the perfect temperature. I’ve also signed up for a professional service plan, then a licensed Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C company comes to the apartment to supply troubleshooting, cleaning plus tuning of the furnace in the fall plus the a/c in the Spring. This past November, the Heating, Ventilation, plus A/C company asked when was the last time I’d had the HVAC duct maintained. My answer was never. I had never given the ducts a thought. I knew for sure that the system hadn’t gotten any type of attention for the eight years my family had already lived in the home! When the company ran tests on the HVAC duct, he found a considerable accumulation of debris concealed inside. This build up was restricting airflow plus causing the heating/cooling system to run longer plus work harder, but because of this, the furnace plus a/c were using more energy, experiencing greater wear plus tear plus costing me more in energy bills. The company recommended duct cleaning. The process was completed in a couple of hours plus resulted in no mess. I instantly observed that the furnace wasn’t running as often or for as long of cycles. The apartment is more comfortable plus my monthly expenses are lower.