Are your HVAC vents costing you money?
Your air conditioner, heat pump, or furnace probably uses a lot of energy. Heating and cooling makes up about half of the total energy use in a typical house. For air conditioners and heat pumps using electricity generated in fossil-fuel fired power plants, the amount you use at home may be only a third of the total. A question I get asked frequently is whether or not it's OK to close vents in unused rooms to save money. The answer may surprise you.
How to Check for Air Leaks
Ceiling Fan Advice From Alabama Power Company
The 3 Rules of Air Sealing
It's not that hard really, at least in principle. You want to reduce the air leakage in your home so you keep the conditioned air inside and the cold air outside this winter. What's the advice of all those stories that are so plentiful in the media this time of year? Caulk your windows and weatherstrip your doors. Every year it's the same story. And every year it's misguided.
Electric Bill Blues?
"One of the issues that many of us are constantly concerned with today are ways to lower our monthly utility bills especially the cost of our air conditioning during warm weather. Our comfort is extremely important to us, but it seems highly improbable that we could actually stay cooler during the hot weather months without breaking the bank in the process. With record setting heat waves becoming more common every summer, even cheapskates aren’t left with much of choice where cranking up the air conditioning is concerned.
Cutting Utility Bill Costs Without Suffering In The Process
When you do need to run your air conditioning more frequently to keep the house cooler, the following tips could help you reduce those inflated A/C costs on your monthly utility bills while not sacrificing any comfort in the process:"
Source: http://hvactips.net/money-savers/tips-for-reducing-ac-costs-on-your-electric-bill/
Carbon Monoxide Peaks
"Each year, hundreds of people are killed and thousands hospitalized by exposure to carbon monoxide — an invisible, odorless gas that can seep into homes from faulty furnaces or poorly ventilated generators.
It’s important to install a CO alarm and know the symptoms of CO poisoning.
Like smoke detectors, wall-mounted CO detectors save lives and take only minutes to install, said University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Housing Specialist Pamela Turner."
Source: http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2018-01-05/carbon-monoxide-danger-peaks-dead-winter
Service Management Operations
"In last month’s Snapshot Survey, we asked contractors all about service management operations to get an idea of what’s working in the industry and what’s not. Here’s one survey question and its results from the summary report.
Question: At what rate does your company convert demand service customers into service agreement customers?
The warmest service agreement leads are demand service customers – they’re already inviting your company into the home, agreeing to a conversation, and encouraging a relationship with your company. When we asked at what rate respondents’ companies converted demand service customers into service agreement customers, we found the leading result to be 31-40 percent of the time (22% of respondents). That was followed closely by 21-30 percent of the time (18%) and 11-20 percent and 0-10 percent (both 14%)."
To continue reading, please click the link below!
https://www.egia.org/snapshot-survey-excerpt-service-management-operations/
