It started as my daughter’s school project where they were supposed to record how much energy and water that they used at home as a family after two months.
After that, for the next two months, we were to apply water and energy-saving tips, record the results and then compare the two.
When it came to energy, the first order of business was to learn more about heating the house since the bulk of the energy was spent on the central heating of the house. We did not consider the gas fireplace since it was rarely used and therefore did not have a major impact. We decided to visit a home comfort business to get advice on how to save energy. The heating technician asked us several questions and he opened their heating corp web page and then opened their heaters for sale page so that we could point out the type of equipment we had at home. We pointed at the boiler and also at the dial thermostat which was just below them. Our equipment was fine given that it was only four years old so there was no need of suggesting a new HVAC installation. Our culprit, in this case, was our analog regulator due to its temperature inaccuracy. He also asked how many times we change our furnace filter. When we told him that we change it twice a year, he told us it was high time we looked at the furnace filter for sale page because given the area that we live in we should change it at least three to four times to ensure that not only is our indoor air clean but the system also. It occurred to me that maybe that was the reason why we constantly call the heating provider for boiler repair.