The people I was with and I aren’t yet even to December plus I’m already thinking about how to rein in the costs of air conditioning.
Mid December is the depth of Winter time for our neighbors to the north.
But for us, it’s the best time of the year. I wish every one of us could keep the weather plus the rapidly changing temperatures prefer this all year, and for sure, it’s nice to not have the heat pump running night plus morning. And I love, love, prefer the fact that I have basically zero heating costs neighbord with the Heating plus A/C equipment… Like I said, the heat pump hardly even comes on during our ultra mild winter. But that will not last a whole lot longer. The rapidly changing temperatures will rise in the next 6 or 7 weeks to the point where every one of us entirely will have to turn on the air conditioning. My wifey is pretty sensitive to heat plus so there’s plenty of air conditioning in our house. That’s also why I start thinking about preparing now in order to save later on all those air conditioning costs. One of the largest things a homeowner can do in this region to save on cooling costs is to have a entirely narrow home. So I spend this time of year going over every inch of the exterior of our modern home to seal up any cracks or gaps. I also inspect all the weather stripping as the sun can damage that pretty absolutely down here, replacing the weather stripping is another crucial area of sealing up a house. I’ve also already tied up the air conditioning tune up because having a well ran tests on heat pump is key to getting maximum efficiency. And this year, we’re adding some modern solar shades on a single side of the modern home in order to completely mitigate direct sun heating.