Putting HVAC cooling savings plan to work
Okay so this year, I’m really going to do it.
No more halfway and then blow it off for me when it comes to saving on the air conditioning.
Every spring, I say the same thing but it’s been nothing more than just talk until now. Actually, it wasn’t even talk as much as it was just whining. I’d spout off about how this summer we were making some changes around here when it came to HVAC cooling. But I never actually did anything about it. Well, that’s not entirely true. Every spring, I have the HVAC professional do the air conditioning tune-up on which is essential to saving money on summer HVAC cooling. A tuned up heat pump means that it’s running at peak efficiency which is a big deal when it comes to saving. But this year, I went deeper. I actually went online and got a great check list on prepping my house for the summer heat. The biggest thing I had to do was replace all the weather stripping around all entrances. I could see daylight around the edges of the doors the weather stipping was so cooked by the sun. Sealing the house continued with plugging all the gaps and cracks on the outside of the house as well. But the big thing was the thermostat. This year, I learned how to program the digital thermostat. So then inside of the house will never be more than 15 degrees cooler than outside during the peak heating hours. I can’t wait to see just how much we save.