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3 Additional Tips to Lower Your Heating Bills

David — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:12:00 GMT

David has just posted 3 additional tips to help you save this winter.

2 More Tips to Lower Your Heating Bills

David — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:46:00 GMT

Lower your thermostat setting a few degrees. Did you know that lowering your thermostat set point 3 degrees can save you as much as 10%

3 Tips to Lower Your Heating Bills

David — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:50:00 GMT

3 Tips to Lower Your Heating Bills

Are your heating bills too high? Mine are. Here are some easy ways to lower your heating bills. This the first of a multi-part series.

1. Seal up cracks around openings. Dampen the back of your hand and use it to feel air that may enter your house through cracks around windows, doors, switches and electrical outlets. You can use a variety of materials to seal up these energy-stealing cracks and your local hardware store probably has some inexpensive, precut foam pads that you can mount behind switch plates and outlets to keep out the drafts.

2. Replace broken or cracked panes on windows and storm windows. A lot of heat energy can slip through those cracks!

3. Keep outside doors closed. This one may sound obvious, but many people think that if they have a heavy glass storm door it will not allow much heat to escape. The truth is that glass is a terrible insulator and it allows a lot of heat to escape. Double or triple pane glass allows less heat to escape than single pane, but generally, they still allow a lot of heat to escape.

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2011 Federal Tax Credits for Consumer Energy Efficiency

David — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:00:00 GMT

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Tune up your HVAC equipment yearly

David — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Tuning up your car improves gas mileage. Tuning up your furnace can improve efficiency & ...

Furnace Tune-ups, How Often?

David — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:12:00 GMT

Aruna asks, "How often should furnace and ac be "tuned up"? yearly? every 3 yrs?"

That's a great question ...