Unless you
have a finished basement that you use on a daily basis, you can often forget to
implement some of the important steps that will allow you to save power.
For instance, throughout the winter months, when you’re furnace is working to heat the house, remember to close the air supply registers in the basement unless it’s a space that you’re using regularly. If you are only in the basement periodically, leave the registers closed most of the time and open them when you need the extra heat.
Some believe that because warm air rises, leaving the registers open in the basement will only mean that the warm air will move up through the rest of the house. The problem is that basements aren’t always that well insulated and more of your warm air will seep out rather than move up throughout the rest of the house.
If you’re serious about frugal living, you will want to save any amount of heat and power that you can.
*photo from Flickr, courtesy of aubergene
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