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Energy Efficiency Tips: How to keep your HVAC energy bills low

Most of the house owners always trouble adjusting the indoor climate because of changing temperatures. However, these systems consume a large percentage of energy in your house. Fortunately, there are many ways through which you can efficiently reduce the energy consumption on your HVAC systems. In this blog, we are going to discuss some efficient ways that will genuinely help you save some money but keep your house warm all year.


1. Maintenance Is Needed

Perhaps, the best way to ensure that your HVAC system continues performing at its best level is through maintenance. Engage a qualified technician and request an annual visit for tune-up services in order to ensure that the system operates quite smoothly. Technicians clean coils, check for adequate levels of refrigerant, and replace faulty parts during such visits. Maintenance elongates the life of your HVAC system and makes it energy-efficient.


Change your Air Filters regularly

A dirty air filter genuinely slows down your HVAC. The blocked air filters which are filled with dust and debris really strain the system in drawing in air, thus forcing it to pump harder and use more energy. Plan to check your air filters regularly, sometimes every month, and replace them if required - usually every 1-3 months. That is all it takes to save on your energy bills and freshen up the air inside your home.


3. Use a Programmable Thermostat

With a programmable thermostat, you will save energy by a great percentage. For example, you can have your thermostat at a different temperature depending on the time you are not at home. For example, you can so program it that it increases the temperature while at work but reduces it a little before you come home. With this, you can do away with heating and cooling that is not necessary during peak hours and as such bring down the energy consumption of your HVAC, and this is the way to go concerning money saving.


4. Seal and Insulate Ductwork

Leaky duct work wastes up to 30 percent of your money spent on heating and cooling. Ensure that there are no holes, rips, or loose parts of the ducts and seal them using duct tape or mastic sealant. You also need to insulate those ducts that are in an unconditioned space like an attic or basement. Air cooled by the HVAC system then reaches each room sealed and without unnecessary loss, hence cutting down energy bills.


5. Use Fans Wisely

Pretty neat tools you can use to boost your productivity in HVAC are ceiling fans. Warm weather: Run it counterclockwise that will give you a wind chill effect. Then you can set that thermostat a few degrees higher without freezing inside your house. Cold weather: Just reverse the direction such that warm air from the ceiling gets pushed down. That's it.


6. Invest in Energy-Efficient Windows They often come out to be one of the major energy losses and investing in smart pieces of windows has often proven out to be the best investments you make many times. Those you choose must have a good Energy Star rating with double and triple glazing, Low-E coatings, and even argon gas fills for better thermal insulation if possible. If you can't replace windows then applying window films or treatments can be made which would reduce some of those types of energy loss and make it inhabitable.


7. Replace your HVAC

If your HVAC is more than 10-15 years old, and it breaks down pretty frequently, then there's a pretty good bet that you need to replace it. Newer models of HVAC are much more energy friendly and will pay themselves back through lower energy bills in the long run. While getting the HVAC unit, ensure finding one that has a high SEER rating and is energy star certified. A little extra in advance may save a considerable amount of money that you could have been paying for bills after a long time.


8. Insulate your house appropriately

With the proper insulation of your home, you will ensure your HVAC acquires the energy to gain to the desired temperature. Ensure your attic, walls, and crawl space have good insulation so that it does not transfer heat. Check any draft coming from your windows and doors and install weather-stripping or caulk around the gaps. This will make it very comfortable while reducing the workload on your HVAC and cut down the energy bills.


9. Natural Ventilation

Use natural ventilation on warmer days instead of your HVAC. Open windows and doors to cross-ventilate fresh air in while keeping your house cool without relying on the use of the air conditioner. Just beware of pollen and pollutants if you live in one of the pollen-counting areas but, on good days, you save a lot by only making use of free airflow.


10. Check Your Appliances


Your house appliances do generate more heat indoors, and it would be your HVAC loads to cool the house. During summer, as much as possible, do not use the ovens, stove top, and dryers when you are indoors in hotter places. Grill at the backyard or use the microwave. On the other hand, when it's cold, avoid as much as possible the usage of a fireplace and space heaters as it can suck out some of your HVAC efficiency.

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