Use Wind Power and These 5 Tips to Save Energy and Money
Following you will find 5 tips to help reduce your utility bill year round with or without the use of wind power. Hopefully these will help you to make ends meet, especially for those who are already unemployed or fear unemployment is a round the corner.
1. This one thing many over look and should not because it can reduce your power bill considerably. Furnace and a/c maintenance, which can save you money in several ways. First, by having them maintained yearly it will prolong there life thus saving you from a costly replacement bill. Second, it will keep them in top running condition which, will keep them more energy efficient saving you money. Besides having the furnace and a/c serviced regularly, be sure you change the filter every month even if does not look dirty. A dirty filter even if it does not appear to be dirty, will cause the units to work harder cutting down on their efficiency.
2. To help save on your power bill you can turn your thermostat down in the winter when you leave for work and back up again when you get home. If you constantly find yourself forgetting to do this then, you may want to consider replacing your manual thermostat with a programmable one that can be programmed to lower the temperature at a certain time then, raise it, again at a certain time, this way you won’t need to remember to do manually. Whether you do it manually or use a programmable thermostat, the one thing you do not want to do is use extremely low temperatures in inter or extremely high temperatures in summer, as this will cause your furnace or a/c to run excessively to return the house back to a comfortable temperature, thus defeating the purpose.
3. In order to keep the cool/warm air in the house, depending on the season, you should seal the air leaks. This can be done in several easy inexpensive ways such as, caulking around exterior doors and windows, placing foam gaskets behind outlet and switch covers that are on outside walls. These two things alone can go a long way to seal up the house and keep your furnace or a/c from running excessively. You can get the caulk and gaskets (ones they use behind the covers on switches and outlets that are located outdoors) by making a quick trip to the hardware store.
4. This will only apply if you have and use a fireplace, and is more of a precaution than a savings tip. Using a fireplace, if you have one, can save you a considerable amount of money in the winter. However, the more you use it the higher build up of creosote you will get, and if you do not have the chimney cleaned regularly you stand the chance of chimney fires. Another thing you should look at is the top of the chimney, is there a screen cover and cap. If there isn’t you have the possibility of birds, that sit on the chimney for warmth, becoming overcome by fumes and falling in the chimney which can block it causing smoke to backup into the house.
5. This one will save you the most money. A windmill to produce your own power can cut your utility bill by at least 60%. That right 60% or more and with today’s technology they can be constructed to fit on the roof and built for three hundred dollars or less. All that is required is a minimum of eleven mph winds, which can be found in just about any state you live in. Plus the windier it is, the more power the windmill will produce, the more you will save.
With the cost of living rising every day and threat of losing your job, it becomes more important to use wind power to reduce your utility bill. Click here to discover how easy it is to use renewable energy sources.
