On Lowering Utility Bills and Saving the Planet at the Same Time
If you ask most people regarding eco-friendliness, you’ll often hear a well-meaning answer back from them. However, you can sometimes detect a sense of disconnection between being eco-friendly and the routine life of the individual you’re speaking with. They may know we’re harming the planet, but they can’t imagine how this impacts them. The next time you engage in this kind of conversation, just mention the methods in which someone can save money themselves through being eco-friendly - by greatly cutting their household electricity, water and heating bills.
Some Advice on How to Cut your House Heating, Water and Electricity Bills
- For a start, ensure your windows are locked if they are not actually open. Locking them makes a very effectual airtight seal denying both air getting into the home and even water leaking in.
- Heating water for your home can add up to 15% of your entire utility costs. Setting your water heater’s temperature at around 130 degrees rather than anything higher needs less energy to warm up and to hold the water. For every 10 degrees you go down, the thermo can take 3-5 percent off of your water heating bill.
- Use low wattage lights. They plug directly into any light unit and save energy.
- Consider using motion sensor lights for inside and outside. These switch off whenever you exit the room, since there’s an absense of motion when no-one is there. Outside, they become a great deterrant to burglars.
- Use an efergy elite to work out how much electricity you are wasting.
