You can make it a top priority of your very own to make your own, your community, family, friends, neighbors all pitch in to do their part in saving m
There cost and energy saving tips, secrets, recommendations and techniques, also result in adding home comfort, improve the air we breathe indoors, reduce damage caused by water, wind, snow and other extreme natural forces! Protects, secure, minimize damage, lower utility bills, and save energy. It is a worthwhile effort.
Try to approach your house as a whole FIRST and then area for area, in and out, room for room, all levels, from top to bottom, front-to-back, all sides.
Identifying the troublemakers, weak links and spots in the system that robs you of dollars and energy is at stake here. Be thorough, even use outside experts, diagnostics if you want to be sure!
Fix the problems at the source, do not treat the symptom – root-causes rectified will save you headaches and lots of money later on.
You can consult with home performance contractors or energy efficiency specialists to assist you with your task. There are also numerous DYI manuals, brochures and books by various suppliers and experts available to take you through what you need to do step-by-step to get your house in order and check so to speak.
Although your house is a complex system, there are lots of individual parts and components that can help/hinder your saving and energy efficiency efforts and attempts. You need to understand both parts and whole, individually and collectively to get things back in order and on track to not cost and arm and a leg, wasting money and energy in the process. Problems and issues also compound (especially in older homes), so you will be best served to act quickly and decisively regarding problems you might run into. Renovations might look nice, but they could be the source of problems for drafts or moisture, both energy eaters! Inspect all recent work and ensure that it is not contributing to higher energy consumption or waste.
- Air conditioners
- Air flow throughout the house
- Filters
- Furnaces
- Humidifiers
- Ventilation fans
- Washers, dryers, appliances, technology equipment and other such luxuries, without a second thought of heat, moisture and additional demands that the houses were never designed for and then wonder why there are problems.
You have to seriously take a look at the age, design and functioning of your home, your utilization of space, free, unrestricted airflow in your house, circulation, moisture, condensation etc. which could all contribute and/or be symptoms of deeper issues that need to be addressed sooner rather than later, to make sure that you do not end up paying more than you have to, for utilities and/or repairs!
When it comes to electricity, you can cut your consumption, waste and cost, even make your own these days! Take a serious inventory and look at where, what, why and how much electricity you are using. Come up with a plan to conserve, consolidate, optimize and even cut consumption and waste, saving some money.
Here are examples of how different things in and around your home, some of your attentive TLC and inspections, choices and decisions, maintenance, repair and more can help you be cost, budget, savings and energy conscious – all at the same time.
When basement wall insulation done well, for example that is not so commonly known, as some of the measures already mentioned, it can save you money (and energy).
- A preventative measure
- Blocking outdoor noise sources.
- Buffers and shelters your home against high outside temperatures in summer and cold temperatures in winter
- Deals effectively with humidity or precipitation
- Energy cost savings
- Indoor sources of moisture (people, showers, cooking,) and their effects are mitigated
- Limit mold build up and/or moisture damage
- Lower the risk of frozen water pipes
- Minimize uncomfortable drafts
- More comfortable
- No moisture problems
- Protection against water pipe breakage
- Quieter
- Reduce moisture-related problems
- Surface temperature of walls will stay closer to the desired room temperature
- Walls are warmer to the touch in winter
Try to approach your house as a whole FIRST and then area for area, in and out, room for room, all levels, from top to bottom, front-to-back, all sides.
Identifying the troublemakers, weak links and spots in the system that robs you of dollars and energy is at stake here. Be thorough, even use outside experts, diagnostics if you want to be sure!
Fix the problems at the source, do not treat the symptom – root-causes rectified will save you headaches and lots of money later on.
You can consult with home performance contractors or energy efficiency specialists to assist you with your task. There are also numerous DYI manuals, brochures and books by various suppliers and experts available to take you through what you need to do step-by-step to get your house in order and check so to speak.
Although your house is a complex system, there are lots of individual parts and components that can help/hinder your saving and energy efficiency efforts and attempts. You need to understand both parts and whole, individually and collectively to get things back in order and on track to not cost and arm and a leg, wasting money and energy in the process. Problems and issues also compound (especially in older homes), so you will be best served to act quickly and decisively regarding problems you might run into. Renovations might look nice, but they could be the source of problems for drafts or moisture, both energy eaters! Inspect all recent work and ensure that it is not contributing to higher energy consumption or waste.
- Air conditioners
- Air flow throughout the house
- Filters
- Furnaces
- Humidifiers
- Ventilation fans
- Washers, dryers, appliances, technology equipment and other such luxuries, without a second thought of heat, moisture and additional demands that the houses were never designed for and then wonder why there are problems.
You have to seriously take a look at the age, design and functioning of your home, your utilization of space, free, unrestricted airflow in your house, circulation, moisture, condensation etc. which could all contribute and/or be symptoms of deeper issues that need to be addressed sooner rather than later, to make sure that you do not end up paying more than you have to, for utilities and/or repairs!
When it comes to electricity, you can cut your consumption, waste and cost, even make your own these days! Take a serious inventory and look at where, what, why and how much electricity you are using. Come up with a plan to conserve, consolidate, optimize and even cut consumption and waste, saving some money.
Here are examples of how different things in and around your home, some of your attentive TLC and inspections, choices and decisions, maintenance, repair and more can help you be cost, budget, savings and energy conscious – all at the same time.
When basement wall insulation done well, for example that is not so commonly known, as some of the measures already mentioned, it can save you money (and energy).
- A preventative measure
- Blocking outdoor noise sources.
- Buffers and shelters your home against high outside temperatures in summer and cold temperatures in winter
- Deals effectively with humidity or precipitation
- Energy cost savings
- Indoor sources of moisture (people, showers, cooking,) and their effects are mitigated
- Limit mold build up and/or moisture damage
- Lower the risk of frozen water pipes
- Minimize uncomfortable drafts
- More comfortable
- No moisture problems
- Protection against water pipe breakage
- Quieter
- Reduce moisture-related problems
- Surface temperature of walls will stay closer to the desired room temperature
- Walls are warmer to the touch in winter
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