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Tips on Saving Bucks on Energy in Your Home

February 13, 2010 by Evans D. Smith  
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A characteristic U.S. Family spends more than $1,600 a year on home utility charges, yet making some straightforward changes round the home can save cash and make cooling and heating systems more efficient, according to World Energy Solutions, a public traded energy services company based in St. Petersburg, Fla.

By assessing facilities and apparatus, World Energy Solutions ( symbol : WEGY ) helps companies lower their application consumption and upkeep costs and extend the life of their equipment.

“Many of the energy-saving secrets we use for our commercial customers can also be applied to the home,” asserts Benjamin Croxton, general manager of World Energy Solutions. “There are several common sense, inexpensive and no-cost methods to lower your house energy use as well as many new technologies that may be applied to your home’s energy-consuming systems.”

Here are a couple of tips from the North American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy on things householders can do to make their houses more energy efficient :

Turn down the temperature of your water heater to the warm setting.

Use energy-saving settings on refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines and clothes dryers.

Use compact fluorescent bulbs, which can save three-quarters of the electricity used by incandescents. First to be replaced should be any 60-watt to 100-watt bulbs that are used several hours a day.

Have your heating and cooling systems serviced in the fall and spring. Duct sealing can also improve the energy efficiency and overall performance of your furnace or central air conditioner.

Clean or replace furnace, air conditioner and heat-pump filters.

Assess your heating and cooling systems to figure out if you need to replace or retrofit them to make them work more effectively to supply the same comfort, or better, with less energy.

“If your house’s central air-conditioning system is over ten years of age, a new up to the minute system can save you thirty p.c or more of your house’s air-conditioning expense,” claims George Hiker , air-conditioning expert with World Energy Solutions.

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