The electric bill has that summertime glow to it once again.
That is the glow of our money getting sucked from our purse.
There is just something about writing that utility check that breaks me down. I remember our Mom always yelling at us to keep the door shut when the air conditioning system was on. He would get livid when I left a door ajar while in the Summer months. He also offered me the money doesn’t grow on trees lecture. But that man would be spinning in his grave if he was witness to the amount I am paying to heat and cool our home. It came to me the other afternoon that I could be doing way more to get the energy bill down. Our Heating, Ventilation, and A/C plan is fairly new so, I think it has a certainly high SEER number. So, heating and cooling unit efficiency in not at all the issue. Those living inside the house are the issue. That led us to making some real, tangible changes. The people I was with and I installed a smart control equipment to better manage the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C use far more precisely. The people I was with and I even bought some automatic blinds to sync with the new control unit. It amazes me that the new control equipment can detect moderate spots throughout the house and then drop the shades on that area. Simply knocking out the direct sunlight heating made a tremendous difference in the amount of time the Heating, Ventilation, and A/C is laboring. I added another wonderful behavior by being certain that the air filter is changed every single month. The people I was with and I also took a afternoon and sealed all the cracks and gaps the people I was with and I could find on the exterior of our home. These minor changes will deliver us at least a 15 percent savings on that monster of a utility bill.