Cut Your Heating Bill Using These 5 Steps

Consumer Reports published an article last year showing homeowners how to reduce their heating bill while increasing the value of their home. Now Duct-911.com has re-published it and added a few new twists of their own showing consumers how they can make slight changes in their lifestyle and still save substantial amounts on their annual heating bill.

In cold winter climates like Minneapolis, MN homeowners need to do all they can to reduce heating costs. One way they do this is by turning the heat way down at night and by using a space heater to heat only 1 or two rooms while they get ready for work in the morning. When no one is home during the day the gas furnace will run a lot less and they won’t need to turn the heat up again until they return from work in the evening. Programmable thermostats work perfectly for Minnesotans in situations like this. Their house will be nice and warm when they come home from work until they go to bed at night.

Here are the 5 points which are covered in this post explaining ways to lower your heating bill:

1. Home weatherization
2. Insulating and sealing cracks
3. Lowering the thermostat
4. Replacing old windows
5. Space heaters

The only thing this article lacks is information on how to reduce utility costs by using heat pumps, solar heating and geothermal heating systems. Implementing one or all of these new high efficiency heating systems can seriously slash your heating and cooling bill. Using solar and geothermal heat pumps homeowners are realizing savings of up to 600%!!! while the initial costs for installing alternative energy systems can be high, the payoff is enormous.
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