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Make smart upgrades and lower your utility bills 50%. Here is how it's done easily with no changes in lifestyle.
Reduce your lighting cost 75% by changing to quality soft white Compact Fluorescent Bulbs that last up to 10 years.
Heating and cooling, a 9% energy cost saving is achieved by replacing your manual thermostat with a programmable thermostat. ($33 at Ace Hardware).а
6% is saved on energy by putting a Thermal Blanket on the water heater tank. The cost is $20.
- Lower energy cost 8% by installing a simple water mister device which lightly sprays the outdoor air conditioning condenser coil in the summer only when the machine is on.
9% energy savings: Install ceiling fans in the family living areas to circulate air on slow or medium speed in the summer, and reverse fans direction in the heating season.
- 8% energy savings in the summer: Put in a thermostat controlled roof exhaust attic fan.а Also, I caulked 17 windows and 4 doors outside.
- Note, a laptop computer uses 80% less power than a desktop.
- Clean your Air Conditioning filters inside the home once a month, and this saves $100/year on energy bills.
- Cook mostly outside in the spring, summer, and fall on the grille or in a solar oven.
- When you buy or replace home appliances, shop for more energy efficient models always on sale.
Get a 12% decrease in energy costs every year on hot water heating by building and installing a simple home passive solar roof hot water heater.а It will act as a super 170 degree Solar water-heater and it is sun powered. The cost of materials bought locally is about $189. Federal Energy conservation has a $300 Tax credit available for this installation, and a state rebate program is also available. On You tube, you can see our home built solar water heater project on video:
The 50% reduction in energy use in your home is complete!
Now Take the energy bills another 28% lower! This is what I plan for next year!
Normally, a typical cooling/heating system operating cost is at least 40% of home energy use. Let's reduce that 40% to 12%.
WE will install a modern technology Solar air conditioning heat pump that operates 70% more efficiently than typical heating and cooling units.а It will be 100% cost free to operate by adding (4) 190W Photo Voltaic Solar Panels. This can also act as an emergency electric system operating on batteries and solar panels on all power outages. The original unit will only come on 1/5 of the time now in a few peak heat hours.
Finally, soon to follow, ENERGY INDEPENDENCEа
Lastly, we will build a 12' X 14' arbor in the rear of the home and mount a Solar PV 1.3 kilowatt grid connected generation system for $12,800. Federal and State Energy Conservation Programs and Rebates will be used to recover a large part of the cost of this installation.
With all of the improvements listed up above we were able to reduce the size of the PV Aray for a conventional home this size, and the PV SOLAR cost by $21,000.
Contact me: 305-831-5334 on anything including prices and where to get materials and supplies at discount. Bob Jordanа www.retirewellearly@gmail.comа
Links:
Dollars rebates and tax deductions incentives: а www.desireusa.orgааа
To view a new elegant design SpanishаSolar home built Green at a 30% cost savings per square foot go to: www. greenhealthyhome.net