Are your energy bills keeping you up at night? Do you find yourself snapping at the people living in your home when they neglect to turn off a light? You’re most likely stressed out by the rapid rise in energy costs as of late. If you can’t control how much energy costs, you can at least control how much you use. Adjusting your thermostat settings can help you trim your utility bill back into shape.
Keep reading to learn how your thermostat affects your monthly energy bill and how you can save money.
How Thermostat Settings Save Money
When you adjust your thermostat, you will save more than you’d imagine.
Experts claim you can save two to three percent on your heating and cooling costs by adjusting your thermostat just a couple of degrees. So if you think that you can’t handle anything warmer than 68 degrees, try 70 degrees just for a month to see what happens.
Conducting regular HVAC maintenance can make a difference on your utility bill too. An HVAC expert can inspect your system once a year, checking the thermostat and ensuring that you’re able to conserve energy as much as possible.
So even if you have a manual thermostat, you can affect your utility bill by the daily settings you use. Change the settings when you go to bed or when you go to work. You don’t need to cool or heat your house when there’s no one in it.
If you want to get fancy, though, invest in a smart thermostat. Experts claim they can save consumers approximately ten percent of their utility bill.
Automatic Modes
A smart thermostat has an automatic home and away modes. This way you don’t have to remember to adjust the thermostat when you leave. You can adjust it to holidays as well or when you have every other Friday off.
If you do not have a regular schedule, the automatic mode isn’t quite as helpful. But when you do have a scheduled life, the auto modes will save you bundles on your utility bill.
Provide Energy Reports
A smart thermostat will provide you with an automatic energy report. The Nest Home Report by Google tells customers monthly how much energy they used and when they used it. This allows consumers to adjust their usage purposefully and ultimately save themselves some money.
Remote Sensors
Newer smart thermostats have remote sensors. Each sensor tracks ambient temperatures in the home and gives you more data. Thus, if you have rooms that run extraordinarily warm or cold, you’ll know exactly how far off they are from the rest of the house.
The remote sensor also has voice control and an occupancy sensor. It extends thermostat settings if it senses more bodies in the home.
Click and Save
You can save money by adjusting your thermostat today. Your basic thermostat settings help determine how much energy you use to cool and heat your home. When you adjust those settings by a couple of degrees, you ultimately change your utility bill.
Do you need an HVAC inspection? Is your thermostat running efficiently? Give us a call today, and let us run a maintenance check on your HVAC system.
We are a homegrown, family-owned business that has served Williamson County since 1945. We’re known for our superior service and sales of appliances, electrical, heating, and cooling. Contact us today, and let us help you save.
