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Using
Less Energy in Your Home
Simple jobs around your home - installing a programmable
thermostat and improving air sealing - can provide a big payback.
Using energy more efficiently is the best way to insulate your home from
rising energy prices.
Some suggestions:
- Repair caulking and worn weather
stripping.
- Ensure return air grills, registers and radiators are
clear of furniture, rugs and drapes.
- Change or clean your furnace filter every couple of
months during the heating season.
- Install a low-flow showerhead
- Install a programmable thermostat and pre-program your
home's temperature. By setting the thermostat at 18° C for 16 hours (while
at work and while sleeping.)
- Install a low-flow shower head
- Improve caulking and weatherstripping to reduce air
leakage.
- Install faucet aerators and insulate hot water pipes.
- Add interior plastic "storm windows" to keep cold air
out. Use a hair dryer to shrink the plastic into place.
Insulating basement walls
To further improve energy efficiency,
insulating basement walls is highly recommended.
Adding insulation to the uninsulated
or unfinished walls of a basement can help save
a lot on heating. It
is also possible to save a great deal on heating by insulating
your attic.
Insulation increases comfort by reducing or eliminating cold
drafts in the walls and the feeling of being cold in winter.
Insulation also reduces condensation on the inside surface of basement
walls.
Insulation is
typically installed inside, using batts or rigid
insulation board. An effective air barrier must be
installed on the interior
side of insulating batts, and rigid insulation board
must be covered because of its flammability. Basements
can also be insulated from the outside using rigid insulation board to
protect foundation walls against the fluctuating thermal stresses to which they
are exposed.
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