A Reliant Energy customer won an in-home energy audit conducted by our team of experts. See the simple suggestions we made that could add up to big savings in your home too.
Get Savings Ideas Offered to our Energy Efficiency Home Audit Winner
Reliant Energy customer John Gomez won a home energy-efficiency audit, conducted by our in-house team of energy experts. Our experts arrived at Mr. Gomez’s residence armed with knowledge and a variety of savings ideas, and were pleasantly surprised to find his two-year old home in excellent condition and in no need of major improvements.
Employing the motto that even small changes can make a big difference, our team offered up easy yet valuable ideas to further enhance his energy savings. Feel free to partake of these for your own home:
To maintain overall efficiency, hire a professional to service your HVAC equipment in the spring and fall.
Set your thermostat to 70°F in winter and 78°F in summer. You’ll save even more when you adjust the setting by 4 degrees if you’ll be away for more than four consecutive hours.
Replace fiberglass air return filters with the pleated variety to allow better filtration and less frequent changing.
Avoid blocking A/C vents, return air registers and closing off rooms in your home. This causes the A/C to work harder by fighting to push out the cool air against the back pressure caused by the closed vents and rooms.
Use your ceiling fans in summer and winter by adjusting their rotational direction for the appropriate season. Only operate fans when you’re actually in the room.
Replace incandescent lighting used for more than two hours daily with compact fluorescent bulbs.
Consider solar screens or window film for large windows to enhance both comfort and reduce A/C use.
Close the fireplace flue while not operating the fireplace.
Get customized savings tips for your own home
Our online Energy Savings Center provides helpful tips, projects and calculators to get your home in the most energy-efficient shape possible. We suggest starting with our online energy analyzer and then reviewing specific topics and projects recommended from the analyzer tool.
A Reliant Energy customer won an in-home energy audit conducted by our team of experts. See the simple suggestions we made that could add up to big savings in your home too.
Get Savings Ideas Offered to our Energy Efficiency Home Audit Winner
Reliant Energy customer John Gomez won a home energy-efficiency audit, conducted by our in-house team of energy experts. Our experts arrived at Mr. Gomez’s residence armed with knowledge and a variety of savings ideas, and were pleasantly surprised to find his two-year old home in excellent condition and in no need of major improvements.
Employing the motto that even small changes can make a big difference, our team offered up easy yet valuable ideas to further enhance his energy savings. Feel free to partake of these for your own home:
To maintain overall efficiency, hire a professional to service your HVAC equipment in the spring and fall.
Set your thermostat to 70°F in winter and 78°F in summer. You’ll save even more when you adjust the setting by 4 degrees if you’ll be away for more than four consecutive hours.
Replace fiberglass air return filters with the pleated variety to allow better filtration and less frequent changing.
Avoid blocking A/C vents, return air registers and closing off rooms in your home. This causes the A/C to work harder by fighting to push out the cool air against the back pressure caused by the closed vents and rooms.
Use your ceiling fans in summer and winter by adjusting their rotational direction for the appropriate season. Only operate fans when you’re actually in the room.
Replace incandescent lighting used for more than two hours daily with compact fluorescent bulbs.
Consider solar screens or window film for large windows to enhance both comfort and reduce A/C use.
Close the fireplace flue while not operating the fireplace.
Get customized savings tips for your own home
Our online Energy Savings Center provides helpful tips, projects and calculators to get your home in the most energy-efficient shape possible. We suggest starting with our online energy analyzer and then reviewing specific topics and projects recommended from the analyzer tool.
