Posted February 22nd, 2010 by Carney PHC

Did you know that approximately 60% of your home’s energy consumption is a result of only three items – heating, air conditioning and hot water consumption?
In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency states that:

“As much as half of the energy used in your home goes to heating and cooling. So making smart decisions about your home’s heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system can have a big effect on your utility bills – and your comfort.”

The E.P.A. provides a further breakdown of energy consumption in the average American home:

Heating: 29%
Air Conditioning: 17%
Water Heating: 14%
Appliances: 13%
Lighting: 12%
Electronics: 4%
Other: 11%

Click here to learn more about saving energy at home:  http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=products.pr_save_energy_at_home

When replacing the heating, air conditioning and water heating systems in your home, consider Energy Star and high efficiency products.  Although the initial investment is greater than that of conventional systems, the energy savings that are realized through high efficiency systems will more than pay for themselves over just a few years.

Right now, Federal Tax Credits, Manufactuer Rebates, Utility Rebates and Association Rebates are providing thousands of dollars to help you reduce your monthly utility bills!  Act now, some of these rebates begin to expire before this summer and all of them are scheduled to end in 2010.

Call Lisa today at 215.822.9029 to schedule a free consultation!

Did You Know?

One of the easiest and ways to reduce your electricity consumption (and your electric bill) as well as your carbon footprint is to install compact flourescent light bulbs (CFL’s) instead of traditional incandescent bulbs.  The Environmental Protection Agency illustrates just how much of an effect CFL’s can have on your electricity consumption as well as greenhouse gas emissions:

“If every American home replaced just one light with an ENERGY STAR light, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, about $700 million in annual energy costs, and prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent to the emissions of about 800,000 cars.

An ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) will save about $30 over its lifetime and pay for itself in about 6 months. It uses 75 percent less energy and lasts about 10 times longer than an incandescent bulb.”

For more on CFL’s, follow this link to the Energy Star website:  http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup&pgw_code=LB

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