Methods To Lower Energy Costs In Your Apartment Home

If you have just moved into you apartment home or you are preparing for the hot summer in Houston there are a few steps you can take to lower your energy costs.  Actually, many apartments today are built with “Green” energy ratings.  The best steps might be to lease your next apartment home based upon these characteristics. So be on the lookout for these newer apartment communities they will drastically reduce your energy costs.  Even if have already rented an apartment home from a community that does not boast energy cost cutting features, you can still lower your energy rates.

A. If your thermostat in your apartment home is digital that is a huge advantage.  You can program your thermostat to decrease a few degrees at night when you are sleeping and when you leave for the day.  You may not think this will have an affect on your energy bill, but it does do wonders.  Remember not to turn off you’re A/C when you leave for the day.  When you return home you will have to power on your unit and this will expend more energy than if you just had left it on.

B. Try and rent an apartment unit that is on the first or second floor.  As hot air rises, apartment homes on the top floor will have the hottest units.  First floor units will remain the most cool and your energy bills will be lower. If you have ever lived in a city that experiences searing heat in the summers, you will most likely understand that the top floors are usually the hottest.

C.  Don’t fill up your refrigerator so that it is packed with goods.  Try and leave space for the air to circulate.  Fitting as many goods in the refrigerator as possible will only increase the workload and increase the energy needed to cool your food.
Special detergents are now being made that will allow your clothes to be washed using cold water.  Water in the washer must use energy to heat it up to the appropriate temperature.

D. What way do your windows face in the apartment home? Try and secure a unit that faces to the north or south.  If you have a unit that faces west the sun will increase the heat in your apartment home.   You may need to purchase blinds that are capable of keeping the sun from heating up your apartment home.  This will force you to lower the temperature in your apartment home.

Following many of these steps will help you keep your energy bill lower than it normally would be.