I exist for this time of year.
When your home space is notorious for all sorts of heat plus humidity, winter is the time to simply exhale plus count all the currency saved on Heating as well as advanced Air Conditioning cooling.
This is the first fall I’ve been able to do that. While I care about the winter weather plus the absence of air conditioning, I care about adding to that with counting all the cash the two of us saved over the summer. And wow, the two of us saved thousands of dollars in Heating as well as Air Conditioning utility costs across the entire summer. I’m now convinced of making a bit of an effort to save on air conditioner costs in the summer. It absolutely didn’t take much although I decided to go all in on a cost saving strategy that ended up absolutely now working for me. I started by getting the Heating as well as Air Conditioning service done on the heat pump prior to the summer. This way, it would be running at its most energy efficient while keeping our home in cooling comfort. I also genuinely picked up the house. Replacing the worn weather stripping plus sealing all the gaps on the exterior of the home made a huge difference. So did covering up all the windows that face the sun. I had no clue what important savings would come from stopping that direct sun heating. But it was the temperature control that was the real key. I programmed the thermostat for the first time. The temperature control setting was never more than 15 degrees cooler than it was outside. And now, it’s October, the air conditioner is done for the year plus I’m blissful to count up all the savings from our modern Heating as well as Air Conditioning cooling cost strategy.