03-29-2016

Improvements in Energy Efficiency for New Yorkers

Throughout New York, residents are looking for ways to conserve energy. To create a balanced future for efficient energy, improvements need to be made to save money in the long run.

Every home in New York is unique. Different house models contain different benefits, and the upgrading of your home’s energy efficiency depends on your priorities, your economic situation, and the age of your home.

Beginning this year, let’s reduce the unwanted consumption of energy in your home by considering a few important points . . .

Check Your Home’s Energy Efficiency: To perform a proper check on energy, you will need to have your home investigated to discover where its effiency can be most enhanced. This is a great way for mortgage holders to make sense of which parts of their property need attention. An energy check offers you guidance in maximizing results from cash spent on retrofits.

Seal The Leaky Gaps: Sealing the leaky gaps that allow cool air to slip into your home, and drive up your warming bill, is a crucial move in making a home more energy efficient. One may find these leaks around doors and windows; however, they can also be in the storm cellar or storage room, and around pipes and ducts.

Add Insulation: After fixing leaky pipes, add new or extra protection around any open metal ventilation work. Protecting the envelope of your home will keep it cool in summer and warm in winter, and can shrink warming and cooling bills by 20% for the normal home. Long-run ventilation work that requires protection should to be left to a contractor. Mortgage holders can readily handle shorter runs with foil-confronted fiberglass conduit protection, secured with a link.

Install A Programmable Thermostat: To cut energy costs, install an indoor regulator that can be programmed. One can save up to 10 percent on warming and cooling bills in the summer, so programmable thermostats can pay for themselves in a few months. Indoor regulators can be programmed to give you total control of your heating and cooling system, permitting you to turn machines off when no one’s at home, and remotely adjustable for maximum comfort.

Renovate your entire home with the above recommended energy efficiency improvements to minimize energy costs for the coming years!