{"id":2610,"date":"2023-06-19T20:10:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T00:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2023-11-09T13:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:24:35","slug":"day-15-ee-measures-for-the-heating-hot-water-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/programs\/energy-efficiency\/day-15-ee-measures-for-the-heating-hot-water-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Efficient Heating\/Hot Water Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the USDOE, heating accounts for almost 50% of the average NJ home\u2019s energy use.&nbsp; Over 80% of home heating in NJ is with natural gas, 12% electric and the rest oil or propane.&nbsp; A home&#8217;s hot water system accounts for almost 20% of the annual energy use.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No-cost Energy Efficiency tips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lower your thermostat to 68<sup>o<\/sup> F while awake and lower when asleep or away.&nbsp; You save between 1% to 3% for every 1 degree lower you set your thermostat.&nbsp; This can save you up to 10% on your heating bill or about $80 per year.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjust your hot water heater to 120<sup>o<\/sup> F.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Move obstacles away from vents and registers. Keep them clean.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Run your ceiling fan counterclockwise to move the heat down from the ceil to the floor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the drapes during the day to let the sun heat in and close them at night to reduce the chill.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Low-cost Energy Efficiency tips&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Perform routine annual maintenance on your heating system in the fall before winter use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change the filter on your heating system and humidifier.&nbsp; Change them when dirty or every 3 months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buy and use a programmable thermostat&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seal up any drafts.&nbsp; This could save you up to 20% on your heating bill or about $160 per year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add insulation.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Replace an older inefficient heating system or hot water system with a new efficient system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the USDOE, heating accounts for almost 50% of the average NJ home\u2019s energy use.&nbsp; Over 80% of home heating in NJ is with natural gas, 12% electric and the rest oil or propane.&nbsp; A home&#8217;s hot water system accounts for almost 20% of the annual energy use.&nbsp; No-cost Energy Efficiency tips Low-cost Energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11146,"featured_media":2611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2610","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\/2610","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=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6649,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions\/6649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}