{"id":2592,"date":"2023-06-11T07:50:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T11:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2023-11-09T13:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:25:17","slug":"day-10-spring-summer-ee-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/programs\/energy-efficiency\/day-10-spring-summer-ee-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Efficiency in the Spring and Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Spring is the time to start think about maintenance of your air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Spring is also t time to address leaks that let in hot air and upgrade your weather-striping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the USDOE air condition and refrigeration only account for 10% of your home\u2019s energy use. However, it is the highest home energy cost. About 50% of your electric costs go to air conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See: NJBPU Clean Energy Program spring and summer energy saving tips <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/njcleanenergy.com\/misc\/residential\/energy-saving-tips\/spring-savings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/njcleanenergy.com\/misc\/residential\/energy-saving-tips\/summer-savings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Energy Tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No-cost\/Low-cost EE measures <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Plug up leaks reducing leaks can reduce your energy cost.  With some simple tools and low cost weatherstripping you can reduce your air conditioning cost by 10%. You could have a contractor do these tasks also.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Change you AC filter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Install and use a programable thermostat \u2013 raise your cooling settings. This can save you 3% on your annual cooling costs for each degree you set your thermostat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Hire an HVAC contractor to tune up your AC system \u2013 right size your system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Change your ceiling fan to go counter- clockwise that help push up the heat away \u2013 hot air rises and out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Use your bathroom fan \u2013 it takes more energy to cool air that has a high moisture content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Use a dehumidifier to lower the moisture content in your house.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Lower your heat from lighting \u2013 LEDs are cooler than other bulbs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Higher cost EE measure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Hire a Home Performance with Energy Star contractor See https:\/\/njcleanenergy.com\/residential\/programs\/home-performance-energy-star\/home-performance-energy-star-r<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Hire and HVAC contract to replace your heating system and hot water system before the cold weather comes in See https:\/\/njcleanenergy.com\/residential\/programs\/warmadvantage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Spring is the time to start think about maintenance of your air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Spring is also t time to address leaks that let in hot air and upgrade your weather-striping.  According to the USDOE air condition and refrigeration only account for 10% of your home\u2019s energy use. However, it is the highest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11146,"featured_media":2593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-efficiency","category-in-your-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6644,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions\/6644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}