Energy Conservation

Where does your energy go?

A typical family spends about half of its home energy dollars on heating and cooling alone. Unfortunately, a lot of those dollars can be wasted because conditioned air escapes outside. It squeezes through wall switches and electrical outlets, wriggles its way through pipe openings and slips through cracks around windows and doors. One-third of your heated or cooled air disappears through openings in ceilings, walls and floors. Here's the percentage breakdown on energy loss.

Where energy is lost ?

How you use energy in your home?

While every household uses energy for different purposes, heating and cooling consumes about half of the energy expenses in a typical home.

Energy by the numbers:

10,000	average amount of kilowatts used in a typical home.
$1,500	average amount spent, per family, on utility bills (Source: EIA)
$900	average amount saved in five years by upgrading a 65% efficient heating system to a system that is 85% efficient.
700	gallons of water used by a family of four each week with each person taking a five-minute shower each day.
49%	percentage of energy dollars the average family spends annually on space heating and cooling.