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5 Home Energy Savings Tips For A Less Costly Holiday Season

The holidays are a festive time of year when we are able to get together with family and friends for food, gifts and wonderful memories. While the holidays are great, they can also become very expensive. Aside from your holiday shopping list, a lot of the electronics and appliances in your home can actually be costing you a significant amount of money. Here are 5 helpful home energy savings tips to help you enjoy a less costly holiday season this year.

The first culprit is the stove . Often much of your energy use will take place in the kitchen where you are cooking up yummy dishes to entertain your holiday guests.. When cooking, it is always tempting to open the oven and take a peak at how the food is coming along. This is not a good idea since opening the stove, even just momentarily can lower the oven’s internal temperature by about 25 degrees Fahrenheit! Instead of opening the oven and allowing lots of heat to escape, save energy by using the oven light instead. This way to can see the food’s progress without causing the stove to have to work harder to keep a consistent temperature.

December 18, 2013

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Home Energy Bills: 5 Ways To Save During The Holidays

When you’re in the midst of entertaining guests, decorating your home (on both the inside and outside) and doing a lot of holiday cooking, it’s totally understandable how your energy bills could end up being higher than they are any time of the year. However, just because that is a reality for many, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t certain things that you can do this year to avoid spending more than what is in your budget.

If you’d like some tips on how you can save on your home energy bills during the holidays, we have five helpful ones for you below:

Change your window treatments. If you happened to walk past one of your windows, felt a bit of a draft and you don’t have double-pane windows installed, it could be that there’s a crack or small hole around the sides of your windows. One way to fix it is by applying some caulking. Also, go to a local Target or Wal-Mart to purchase some thermal curtains. They come in a variety of styles and colors, they’re affordable and they’re specifically designed to keep cold air from coming into the rooms of your house.

Check your insulation. One of the reasons why we have insulation inside of our homes is to help protect us from outside temperatures. So, in order to make sure that you have the proper support that you need, go into your attic to make sure that your insulation appears light and fluffy (as opposed to hard and broken) and that it’s about 12″ in thickness. If it’s not, replace your insulation with sheep’s wool, cotton or aerogel.

October 31, 2013