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Replace
your old electric resistance heat system with a heat pump to cut your annual electric
bill by as much as 50%.
- Replace your central air conditioning unit
with high efficiency equipment to save between 14% and 40% on your annual bill.
- Add a waste heat
recovery water heating system to save as much as 35% to 55% on
water heating costs with central air conditioning systems and as
much as 50% to 70% with a system using a central heat pump.
- Get a yearly checkup for your home heating
system. Duct leaks, incorrect settings, and inefficient systems can easily increase your
bill by 15%.
- Get a yearly checkup for your cooling system
too because a properly maintained system can save between 1% and 13%.
- Set your thermostat at 68 degrees in winter
- no higher than 70 degrees and save approximately 6.2 percent on your heating bill.
- Experiment with raising your usual
thermostat setting in summer because every degree raised will save you between 5% to 10%
of your bill.
- Reduce your hot water heater temperature by
20 degrees and save between 5% and 10% on your annual water heating bill.
- Add water flow restrictors to shower heads
and faucets and reduce annual water heating costs from 5% to 10%.
- If you’re going to be gone two or more
days, turn off your hot water heating system and set the thermostat settings higher if its
summer and lower if its winter and save 10% to 20% off your annual bill.
- Plug leaks in attics, basements, fireplaces
and even around electrical outlets to save 1% to 2%.
- Dry clothes on a clothesline if you want to
save between 2% and 4% on your yearly bill.
- On sunny winter days, open your drapes and
shades to take advantage of the free heat from the sun
- Caulk windows, doors, baseboards, exhaust
fans, dryer vents, and other places where pipes and wires enter the house to save 1% to 4%.
- Weatherstrip windows and doors and save 1%
to 8%.
- Remember, showers use less hot water than a
bath - 10 gallons for a 5-minute shower, 25 gallons for a hot bath.
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