Smart Ways to Save Around the Home this Fall

posted by Sound Marketing for House Smart Home Improvements

 

Get Fall Deals

 Wait to replace your grill, lawn mower, or patio furniture until the fall, when stores mark down their inventory to make room for holiday decorations and snow blower. You can save yourself $150 or more per item. Retailers—especially online ones,—often provide free shipping on leftover warm-weather gear.

Sleep Not Doze

 Set your computer to sleep—not just the monitor, but the hard drive, too—so that it automatically dims after 10 minutes of non use. It may doze off when you don't want it to and you'll have to punch a key to wake it up. But you can save up to $75 per year off your electric bills. Like people, screens and hard drives age more gracefully with plenty of rest.

Recharge the Batteries

 Buy a deluxe battery recharging station and stop using disposables. A combo unit keeps a supply of AA, AAA, C, and D batteries at the ready.
Save As much as $100 per year on disposables for dozens of tools and gadgets.
Never again will you have to raid your kid's battery-operated toys to power up the TV remote.

Go Low-Flow 

Reduce hot-water consumption (and energy needs), federal legislation mandated improved showerhead efficiency for models made after 1994. Replace older models with ones that spray no more than 2.5 gallons per minute. Potential annual savings: $145, plus 370 pounds of emissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjust Your Water Heater

Lower your water heater's thermostat to 120 degrees to restrict heat loss. The exception: dishwashers. Check if yours has a "booster heater" for sanitizing 140-degree rinsing. Your potential annual savings: $450 and 215 pounds of emissions.

 

Replace Your Aging Water Heater and be Eligible for a Rebate up to $1000

This great Fortis BC Rebate Program has now been extended through 2014!! Replace your aging water heater with a qualifying natural gas ENERGY STAR model and you could save on energy costs, plus you’ll be eligible for a rebate of up to $1,000.

Not sure which water heater is right for you?

House Smart Home Improvements offers FREE In-Home Consultations!

Call House Smart Home Improvements Today at 604-585-2020

 

with excerpts from http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement 

 

House Smart Home Improvements are experienced professionals with an  A+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau. When it’s time to replace your windows, doors or  furnaces and heat pumps, or to install  insulation, and other energy-efficient home upgrades,  Give us a call. 604-585-2020. Right now, save 100 per window for a limited time if you live in the lower mainland, BC Canada    

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