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Stay Cool: 7 Energy-Efficient Ways to Cool Down in Spring

As聽chilly聽winter days become rarer and the聽mild聽warmth of early spring聽arrives, you聽might聽start thinking about how you’ll keep your聽living space聽cool and comfortable when summer arrives. Spring is聽an ideal聽time to聽implement聽energy-efficient cooling solutions to help you save big in the聽hot聽months ahead.

Here are seven聽strategies聽to implement today, courtesy of the聽pros聽at聽天美传媒.

1.聽Operate聽Ceiling Fans

If you聽never use聽your ceiling fans in the summer, you’re missing out on聽a terrific聽opportunity to聽enhance聽comfort and energy efficiency. By making the room feel聽roughly聽four degrees cooler, the wind chill effect from聽operating聽a ceiling fan聽enables you to聽turn聽up the thermostat without聽getting uncomfortable.聽Remember, fans cool people, not rooms, so聽turn聽them off when聽you leave the area.

2. Be Smart聽Around聽Windows

Regarding聽regulating聽your home’s temperature, windows can be your best friends or your worst enemies. The聽difference between the two聽is聽understanding聽how to use them聽properly聽based on聽how warm or cold it is outside:

• On cool but sunny days,聽elevate聽the blinds to聽allow聽the sunshine in聽to聽warm your home naturally.
• On聽much warmer聽days, open windows on opposite sides of the聽dwelling聽to聽generate聽a cooling cross-breeze. If allergies are a concern, it’s better to聽use聽your聽AC聽to聽prevent聽pollen from getting in.
• On hot days, close the curtains over your south- and west-facing windows to聽minimize聽solar heat gain and聽postpone聽the need for聽you to run your air conditioner.

3.聽Cook Your Meals Outdoors

Using the oven or stovetop聽raises the indoor temperature, making your cooling system work harder and聽use聽more聽electricity.聽Reap the benefits of聽the聽lovely聽spring weather by聽shifting聽your cooking outdoors. Grilling is聽a terrific聽way to get some fresh air while聽helping keep聽your聽home聽cool and comfortable.聽Plus, when you start grilling season early, you avoid the聽intense聽heat and聽annoying聽mosquitoes of summer.

4. Spring Clean聽Strategically

Spring cleaning is a聽habit聽that聽offers聽a fresh,聽tidy聽home just in time for聽warmer聽weather. You may not聽know, but spring cleaning is also聽a chance聽to聽enhance聽your home’s energy efficiency. As you聽deep-clean your home,聽concentrate聽on聽areas聽that聽can impede聽airflow and, as a result, increase your home’s聽electricity聽bills. Here are some聽areas聽to tackle:

• Clean聽ceiling fan blades and set them to聽operate聽counterclockwise.
• Utilize聽caulk or weatherstripping to聽close聽leaks around windows and doors.
• Clean sliding glass door tracks to聽lower the amount of聽air leakage.
• 搁别辫濒补肠别听迟丑别听HVAC air filter聽to聽promote聽optimal airflow.
• Remove聽debris from around the聽outdoor聽AC unit to聽increase聽performance.
• Clean the coils聽beneath聽or behind the refrigerator to聽lower聽the聽electricity聽needed聽to keep your food cold.
• Clean off聽light fixtures and聽Replace聽outdated聽incandescent bulbs with energy-efficient LEDs.

5.聽Have Your Air Conditioner Serviced

础听蝉别补蝉辞苍补濒听AC check-up聽prepares your聽air conditioner聽for the summer’s聽high temperatures.聽While聽you can聽do聽a few聽tasks yourself, such as聽switching out聽the air filter and clearing away obstructions from the聽outdoor聽unit, only a聽skilled specialist聽can clean the evaporator coil, lubricate moving parts and top off the refrigerant.聽Seasonal聽maintenance聽can go a long ways to help聽lower聽electricity聽use, promote more reliable performance and聽make your equipment last longer.聽Set up聽service with聽天美传媒聽in the spring聽to make sure聽your system is ready to聽perform at聽its best when you need it most.

6.聽Don't Forget Your Ducts

Spring is聽a good聽time to聽take a look at聽your home’s ductwork.聽Sealing and insulating the ductwork聽helps conditioned air聽reach聽its destination more聽effectively.聽Plus,聽a good聽duct cleaning聽removes聽debris buildup,聽helping make sure your home's聽air moves smoothly聽through聽the system. These ductwork services save聽electricity聽and聽improve indoor air quality, making your home a more聽enjoyable聽place to be during the summer.

7. Upgrade for聽electricity聽Efficiency

颁辞苍迟别尘辫濒补迟别听upgrading your HVAC system聽or major appliances to energy-efficient models this spring. ENERGY STAR-certified products use less聽electricity聽without聽compromising聽performance.聽Improvements聽necessitate聽an investment, but you can expect聽substantial聽electricity聽bill savings and a more comfortable, sustainable聽dwelling. These improvements also聽enhance聽a home’s value if you ever decide to聽move. Spring is聽an opportune聽time for HVAC updates, as contractors are聽typically聽less busy,聽which makes it聽easier to聽Set up聽the installation at a convenient time for you.

Count on聽天美传媒聽for Your HVAC Needs in聽the U.S.聽this Spring

For聽assistance聽implementing聽any of these聽tips聽this spring,聽turn聽天美传媒. We聽deliver聽affordable, energy-efficient cooling聽solutions聽in聽the U.S.聽to save you money all聽year聽long. Everything we do is backed by a聽天美传媒 Guarantee, so you can聽trust聽us to聽give you聽comfort and聽peace of mind. For聽professional聽service that makes聽an impact on聽your daily life, call聽today!