I always said that if there are two things that are really important to me if I ever decided to buy a home: Doing what I could in my home that would protect the environment and doing whatever I could in my home to save money on my bills.
There were things I could easily do on my own that would be considered behavior adjustments like turning off lights and appliances when they aren’t needed.
Other things would require me to spend some money, but I knew in the long run they would save me money and, more importantly, help the environment. I purchased energy efficient light bulbs, which did not cost much more than the usual ones. I installed a smart thermostat so that I could better control and monitor my use of heating and cooling when I am out of the house or asleep. I also made a much bigger investment by upgrading the entire HVAC system in the house. This was quite a pricey decision, but it allowed me to stay true to what I had set on doing, as well as update a system that was in dire need of an upgrade. I chose a system that was marked as energy efficient and even had statistics on how much could be saved any given year on both heating and cooling which were very important to me. This change should save me money on my bill every year and when you calculate that against the cost of it, it was definitely worth it. Now that these changes have been made, I will be working on figuring out what else I can do to save money around my house.
Heating repair