How to Cool Your Home With Energy Efficiency
Time to Prep for the Summer Season and staying cool.
With Energy Efficiency
With high temps in the 80s over the past few weeks here in Virginia, there’s no question that Spring and Summer are on their way into the region. And with that, it means time to get outside and start working on the house for some energy efficiency cooling measures.
Cutting the grass, mulching, weed-pulling, repainting the mailbox, and cleaning your gutters are all on the high priority list.
But this year, add a few more to the list:
1. Change your air filters.
2. Plant deciduous trees near your AC unit, to cool the air that your unit uses.
3. Check around your house for cracks and leaks (Can you see light through the crevice around your door? You might need some weather stripping).
4. Check to make sure the insulation under your house hasn’t fallen out from the floor joists.
5. Clean your ceiling fan blades, and make sure the air is blowing downwards when the fan is on.
6. Change your light bulbs to CFL lights (Think about all the money you can save!).
7. Open your foundation vents.
And here is our popular video on Summer Energy Savings Tips.
Posted by Stephen, www.dom.com
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Dominion is one of the nation’s largest producers and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 28,200 megawatts of generation, 11,000 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipeline and 6,300 miles of electric transmission lines.
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Dominion operates the nation’s largest natural gas storage system with 947 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy customers in 15 states.
Dominion practices environmental stewardship and contributes more than $20 million annually to the environment, education, arts and culture, and health and human services, and energy efficiency.
Dominion’s strategy is to be a leading provider of electricity, natural gas and related services to customers in the energy-intensive Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S., a potential market of 50 million homes and businesses where 40 percent of the nation’s energy is consumed.