Winter Energy-Savings Information The thermostat is a real culprit of higher winter bills. To help save energy and money, select the lowest comfortable setting when home, and bump the thermostat down a degree or two when leaving home. Have your HVAC system checked regularly by a qualified heating and air conditioning contractor to maintain efficiency and peak performance. Through the Home Energy Improvement Program, a Duke Energy Progress customer can get hundreds of dollars in rebates for choosing to make their home run more efficiently. Visit duke-energy/heip to learn more. Leave drapes or blinds open to allow the sun’s rays to warm the house. Inefficient heating can also add to monthly power bills during colder temperatures. One of the easiest things customers can do to support heating efficiency is to change air filters regularly. A dirty air filter makes a heating system work harder, which uses more energy. Replace standard bulbs with compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. CFLs are more efficient than regular bulbs, while giving off the same amount of light. Duke Energy Progress offers heavily discounted CFL and LED bulbs at duke-energy/lightdiscounts. Find these and other tips at duke-energy. Just click the “save energy and money” link.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:59:32 +0000