Prepping your house for vacation is a great way to save energy. One way to do this is to set back or turn off the AC unit. The energy required to cool a building to a comfortable temperature is roughly equal to the energy saved as the building drops to the lower temperature.
Another way to save energy while you are away from home is to set your water heater to the ‘vacation’ mode. If you don’t have this setting, turn the temperature setting as low as possible, but don’t turn it completely off.
Before you head out the door, check the refrigerator to see that there is no food that will spoil and raise the temperature to 38 degrees.
Also, unplug equipment that doesn’t need to stay on, such as computers and TVs.
When you return, remember to increase the temperature slowly to avoid spiking usage.
Monday, June 16, 2008
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I just know that the vacation home I'm staying in is FREEZING. Seems like when people go on vacation they feel they have the given right to set the thermostat as low as they want. I'm not sure that is a good idea - - either for the environment or for the vacationers. I suggest setting the vacation home temperature to a reasonable 75 to 78 degrees and put away the blankets.
During summer we always go for a vacation and every time we prepare for leaving we also prepare our house. I love the thing that you said about preparing your home before leaving. It is a good info.
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