Now that the impact of high home heating costs have become a stark reality, many people are belatedly wondering what can be done to alleviate the pain. Small wonder then that we consider “Good Advice” one of our most important tools.
 If you have been a consistent reader of these newsletters, you know that most of the 125+ letters published over the past 5 years have dealt either with achieving (1) optimum comfort from your HVAC system or (2) how to improve the efficiency and economy of operating your system.
Of course, we realize that there are many contributors to high energy costs besides heating/cooling, although HVAC usually accounts for approximately 60% of the total energy bill for an average family. As a consequence, and in celebration of our 50th anniversary 3 years ago, we were able to secure through the generous permission of the Long Island Power Co, a list of 53 ways that readers of this newsletter and visitors to our website could reduce energy costs.
Included were helpful hints in the following areas:
and can be viewed in detail by clicking here.
If attention to reducing energy costs were important 3 years ago, they now have become critical as the same sharp run-up of fuel prices that's driving up gasoline at the pump is inextricably linked to the sharp increased home heating costs we are experiencing and will eventually manifest itself in even higher air conditioning costs next summer.
In response to this trend, and with the generous permission of the Alliant Energy Co that among other things operates a utility company based in WI and serving customers in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin, have enabled us to publish for the benefit of the visitors to our website, an even more detailed list of ways to save energy. Entitled “101 Ways to Save Energy” we are very pleased to make it available by clicking here.
There are many benefits in making energy saving improvements in your home. These improvements can reduce energy use, drafts, summer overheating, moisture and condensation problems, noise from outside the house and greenhouse gas emissions; as well as improve: indoor air quality, and humidity levels.
And of course, home owners with lower utility bills have more money in their pocket each month. They can afford to allocate a larger portion of their income to discretionary purposes.
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