NUMEROUS WAYS TO SAVE ENERGY PART 1

There are numerous ways that can decrease the energy expenditures and use it more proficiently. There are some techniques and suggestions to control the energy bills.

Guidelines for Heating

All the guidelines mentioned below are supposed to for consumers who are using electric energy as their basic energy mix. All the heating devices use electric power to operate, be it a hot-air force system or a hot-water circulating system. An efficient boiler separately would not contribute towards reduction of your consumption bill rather we need to keep in focus the complete heating system as a one unit. By keeping a blend of proper wadding, thermostat adjustment and climate stripping we can control the use of energy by our heating system and minimum exhausts to atmosphere.

• Scheduled regular visits by certified experts for routine maintenance and checkup of your heating system are beneficial.
• Suitably padded walls, floors, ceilings, hot air vessels, hot water channels substantially eliminates transfer of heat to atmosphere.
• The filters of hot-air force system should be periodically checked and properly cleaned or replaced.
• When the temperature is equal the air with low humidity, makes you feel wintry than the air with more humidity. Therefore the installation of humidifier or manually keeping the home humid will lessen the energy cost.
• If you are going to install a new boiler keep in mind to select such a boiler the speed of which can be controlled either through some analogue or digital system. You can adjust the speed of the motors according to your needs and it will save your energy. It will also result better quality air, control changes in temperature and produce low sound.
• While purchasing a new boiler, bear in mind the automatic thermostat which could be programmed in advance for all the possible outcomes and adjusts itself accordingly. You can conserve at least 18% of your energy costs form heating and cooling systems by using such a thermostat. You can also replace your existing thermostat. Keep the temperature of the thermostat according to your comfort.
• Use storm windows and doors as these contribute as much as 15% towards saving your energy bills. Stick or paste such material on your windows and doors which controls loss of heat. Clear plastic sheet across the windows or windows with double glass (double glaze) controls loss of heat to atmosphere.
• Proper fabrication of walls, floor, roofs windows and doors with weather shield and specially the areas which contain cracks, conserves energy costs.
• The moveable electric heaters use extraordinary energy, please avoid these.
• Allow the sunlight, the natural source of heat to come in. Slide the blinds, curtains, canopies away from window glasses.

Guidelines for Cooling

The cooling system is the largest energy consumer than any other energy consuming system at your home. Like in the case of other systems you can conserve energy and save dollars by appropriate look after and constantly improving your cooling machines.

• At the time of installation of your indoor cooling units, the most important point is to install it on the appropriate place in your room. The outdoor unit of the cooling system be installed in a shaded place and it should not be under direct sunlight.
• The size of your central cooling system must be synchronized with the covered area of your building where it is installed. Accurate dimensions of the cooling system ensure proper humidity and more output with less energy.
• Your air conditioning unit will consume lesser amount of energy if it is periodically checked and looked after. The filter of the unit must be tested at least one time in a month. The easiest way to test the filter is to hold it in front of light, if you can see the light passing through it, it means the filter is in good condition otherwise you need to clean or replace the filter according to its state. You can also refer to the manual of your machine for its routine checkup and cleaning of coils of its condenser.
• Fans are helpful to spread and throw the cooling to areas which are normally out of reach of your unit’s outlet. If the cooling is not spread evenly into your entire room, the unit will keep working as the thermostat will not automatically switch it off and it will consume more energy.
• Complete-house fan facilitates vacuum to create suck cool air and also to blow out the hot air. It becomes more effective when out air is cool than the inner one specifically on nights. It reduces load on your cooling system and thus reduction in energy costs.
• Properly insulate the cooling hoses, the air ducts and other parts of the cooling system to protect transverse of cooling
• Limit the use of exhaust fans of washrooms, kitchen or in other places. Excessive use of exhaust fans drains out the cooling inside of the home, hardly pumped in by your cooling unit.
• In case of low to moderate hot, the use of pedestal or ceiling fan would yield better results instead of air conditioning units. The use of air conditioning units would be more expensive and less relieving.
• Perform all the activities like cloth washing, ironing, cooking etc in such times when the temperature outside the home is lower. It will keep your home cool in hot hours of summer days. The humidity level inside the home increases due to these actions.
• Use such glasses which are temperature resistant. Storm windows can do this. Canopies and weather shielding could ease your cooling units.
• While planning to purchase a cooling system look for such machines which are energy efficient. The machines with high SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) would lower you energy bill in return of best output.
• The temperature in upper stories rise terribly and to cope with this risen temperature you need more energy. It would be a far better to tackle the situation with the help of exhaust fans instead of using excessively your cooling machines. It’ll definitely lower your energy consumption.
• Never set the thermostat immediately at too much lower degree as you switch it on. It’ll not cool down the room temperature instantly instead your unit needs to work hard. The temperature will decrease at its own pace but at higher costs.
• Change in temperature by one degree results in three percent change in your cooling costs, subject to size of your covered area. For instance, if you increase the thermostat form 75 to 70 degree, it will save as much as fifteen percent of your energy costs.

Guidelines for Lighting

Decreasing the lighting costs is the straight forward and minimal costly technique. Almost fifty percent of your electricity bill is attributable to lighting your home. The lighting expense of your home can be used to lessen your lighting expense by approximately seventy five percent by using the innovative products. You can replace all your conventional lighting bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) The CFLs emit same quantity of light as the conventional bulbs do, but consume seventy five percent lesser energy. In addition the life of CFLs is six to ten times more than that of conventional ones. While they are more expensive to purchase, but relieves your amount by saving the energy costs in consumption. The CFLs come in a range of appearance and sizes like lamp shape, globes, mini-coils, coils, adjustable lamps etc.

• Do not forget to switch off the spare lights when leaving the room and think to fix automatic sensors.
• To have enhanced lighting at your work place, laundry corner, and garage install fluorescent lights with illuminate coating and electronic ballasts.
• While decorating your home on celebration occasions use light emitting diodes (LED). The LED consumes ninety six percent less energy as compared to conventional lighting devices. The produce lesser heat too.
• On high security areas the use of motion sensors would provide a better solution.
• The level of light be adjusted with the help of dimmers and saves the energy cost too.
• In the market while purchasing lighting devices always remember the ENERGY STAR stickers.

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