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The Ultimate Guide To Saving On Home Utility Bills

ways to heat your home for lessUtility bills can place a strain on your family’s finances at the end of each month. Luckily, there are lots of things you can do to reduce your consumption. We’ll do our best to highlight some great concepts that could help you to save hundreds of dollars every year. The basic rule of thumb is that you need to use less power when heating and running your property. However, there are some devices that could assist too. Just put the advice on this page into practice, and you should notice positive changes very quickly. When all’s said and done, you could spend the money you save on more family holidays. Now, doesn’t that sound good?

Heat one room at a time

There is no need to heat your entire home when everyone is sitting in the same room. So, make sure you switch some of your radiators off during the evening time. That will help you to save a lot of money over the course of twelve months. You can use electric blankets in your kids bedrooms if you think they might get cold. Just switch them on ten minutes before they plan to go to bed. Make sure you don’t forget to turn them off as soon as your child gets under the covers. Electric blankets will use a lot of power if you keep them running for long periods of time.

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5 Home Improvements That Help Reduce Energy Usage & Costs

home improvements that can save you moneyChances are, there are a couple of times each year when you find yourself looking around certain areas of your home and you think to yourself “This space could definitely use a bit of an upgrade.” While it’s nice to do aesthetic changes such as coloring the walls another color or purchasing some new furniture, did you know that there are some home improvements that can actually help to reduce the amount of energy you use; ones that help to lower the amount of money that you spend each month? If you’re curious to know about what some of those things are, keep reading:

Conduct your own energy audit. Before you do anything, we advise that you conduct your own energy audit in your house. When it comes to monitoring the use of energy in your house, it’s a surefire way to determine what areas of your home are working at optimal levels and which are not. (For more information, go to Energy.gov and put “Do It Yourself Energy Audits” in the search field.)

Put in a couple of more ceiling fans. During extreme hot and cold weather, that is when we tend to rely the most on our central air units. This also means that more times than not, that’s when our electricity bills double or triple the average amount. One way to help to keep them down is to turn on the ceiling fans that you already have and/or to buy a couple of more. In the summer, they help to circulate cool air and in the winter, if you set them to rotate counterclockwise, they pull the warm air down closer to where you and your family are sitting.

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