Green Living: How to Reduce Your Energy Consumption
Green energy doesn't have to mean spending $20,000 on massive solar panels for your home that will take you twenty years to make your money back on.
There are many simpler ways for you to save money on your electric and heating bills some of which you may have never thought of.
When it comes to heating and cooling your home a big reason on how much you pay is how old your furnace and air conditioner is.
Newer systems have been designed to be able to heat and cool more efficiently using less electricity or gas.
Some other ways are much simpler like making sure your vents in your house are actually open.
Sounds silly right? Well when I learned this tip I went through my home and found 3 vents that I thought were open that were closed, this meant that my furnace had to work harder to heat those rooms therefore needing more electricity.
Another way is airflow in your home.
Airflow is pretty simple hot air will always rise so when its hot out you want to help the hot air rise and escape your house but when its cold you want to trap this hot air.
This can be achieved with fans.
Using ceiling fans making sure they are spinning counter-clockwise to pull up the hot air and force it up and out faster.
The opposite applies to when its cold you want to run the fans clockwise to force that hot air back down and keep the room warm.
Green Energy is about reducing your footprint and help this planet but for a lot of people it's about saving money and that's completely understandable.
What better way to save money when it helps out the environment as well.
Making sure all your lightbulbs are high efficient halogens can greatly reduce your electric bill.
I was always put off by how much pricier these bulbs were but I've found they quickly pay for themselves with the savings in your bill.
What if you want to create your own electricity? This may seem like a daunting task for most but I work with an alternative energy engineer that has studied and tested some of the best DIY green energy guides and put together a top 5 list of the best on the market today that make it easy to build solar panels, wind turbines and more sometimes for as little as $20.
Building your own solar panels is by far one of the best ways to go green.
All you need is a little guidance and a lot of passion.
I hope I can change one persons mind about green energy and help our world just that much more.
There are many simpler ways for you to save money on your electric and heating bills some of which you may have never thought of.
When it comes to heating and cooling your home a big reason on how much you pay is how old your furnace and air conditioner is.
Newer systems have been designed to be able to heat and cool more efficiently using less electricity or gas.
Some other ways are much simpler like making sure your vents in your house are actually open.
Sounds silly right? Well when I learned this tip I went through my home and found 3 vents that I thought were open that were closed, this meant that my furnace had to work harder to heat those rooms therefore needing more electricity.
Another way is airflow in your home.
Airflow is pretty simple hot air will always rise so when its hot out you want to help the hot air rise and escape your house but when its cold you want to trap this hot air.
This can be achieved with fans.
Using ceiling fans making sure they are spinning counter-clockwise to pull up the hot air and force it up and out faster.
The opposite applies to when its cold you want to run the fans clockwise to force that hot air back down and keep the room warm.
Green Energy is about reducing your footprint and help this planet but for a lot of people it's about saving money and that's completely understandable.
What better way to save money when it helps out the environment as well.
Making sure all your lightbulbs are high efficient halogens can greatly reduce your electric bill.
I was always put off by how much pricier these bulbs were but I've found they quickly pay for themselves with the savings in your bill.
What if you want to create your own electricity? This may seem like a daunting task for most but I work with an alternative energy engineer that has studied and tested some of the best DIY green energy guides and put together a top 5 list of the best on the market today that make it easy to build solar panels, wind turbines and more sometimes for as little as $20.
Building your own solar panels is by far one of the best ways to go green.
All you need is a little guidance and a lot of passion.
I hope I can change one persons mind about green energy and help our world just that much more.