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If your home is like most, then you experience high gas bills and lower electric bills in the winter and lower gas bills and higher electric bills in the summer. During summer, your home's HVAC system has to work hard to cool down the interior of your home and this is why electric costs skyrocket once the weather turns hot and humid.
Luckily, there are some things you can start doing that might help you keep your electricity costs low, even in the heat of summer. Try these tips from Southland's on-your-lot Georgia home builder and keep more money in your pocket this summer.
Nothing causes an air conditioner to work harder than closed vents and dirty air intakes and filters. Check all of the vents in your home to make sure they're all open. Some believe that closing off the air flow to a room that's not in use wastes energy, but that is a myth. A central air conditioner is designed for optimum efficiency when all of the vents are open. Closing just one can result in less efficiency and higher energy bills.
In addition, replace the air filter in your HVAC system at the start of summer and vacuum the collected dust from the grill of your air intakes on a weekly basis. This will help ensure that air flows through your system unimpeded.
On warm days, you'll get just as effective cooling results with less energy by using your ceiling fans or stand fans. Sometimes, all you need is circulated air to feel cooler and a fan delivers that at a fraction of the cost of running your AC. But, of course, fan direction matters. When it's hot outside, your celling fans should spin counter-clockwise to push the hot air in the room up and out.
Washing laundry in hot water accounts for 90% of all of the energy that's used by your washing machine. But, studies show that washing in cold water cleans laundry just as effectively. So, stop using hot water in most cases and wash appropriately-sized loads and you'll see a substantial savings on your energy bill.
Another laundry tip is to dry your laundry after 8pm. Many energy providers offer discounted rates on energy that's used during off-peak hours, so using a heat-generating appliance like your dryer (or your dishwasher) during the evening could help you save even more on your energy bill.
Some small appliances and electronic devices still draw electricity even when they're turned off or "hibernating." The only way to truly turn them off is to turn off their power supplies. But, this can be a pain when you have so many different devices. The solution is to use power strips. Plug like-devices into power strips and then turn the strip off when you're going to bed. This cuts the electricity to energy-sucking devices like cell phone chargers, video game consoles, desktop computers, and others using a single button.
If you're relocating to Georgia and you want to have a home custom-built on a piece of property that you have purchased, Southland Custom Homes can help. We're one of the top on-your-lot Georgia home builders and we can design and build you the perfect home for you and your family.
With over 100 floorplans to choose from and an array of top-of-the-line interior appointments, Southland Custom Homes provides a huge selection of plan options and custom features. Southland Custom Homes will work with new homebuyers to alter specific floorplans so that the finished project is exactly what the buyer wants. If you are looking for a trusted on-your-lot Georgia home builder, then Southland Custom Homes will be sure to meet and exceed all of your expectations.
Southland Custom Homes is one of the premier Georgia on-your-land builders. We have model showrooms located in Macon (3956 Bloomfield Village Drive, Macon, GA 31206), Dawsonville (837 GA 400 S, Dawsonville, GA 30534), and Marietta (265 N. Fulton PKWY, Marietta, GA 30062). Stop by today to see all that Southland has to offer!
Southland Custom Homes builds in the following locations:
| Baldwin County Banks County Barrow County Bartow County Bibb County Bleckley County Butts County Carroll County Cherokee County Clarke County Clayton County Cobb County Coweta County Crawford County Dawson County DeKalb County |
Dooly County Douglas County Fannin County Fayette County Floyd County Forsyth County Fulton County Gilmer County Gordon County Greene County Gwinnett County Habersham County Hall County Hancock County Haralson County Hart County |
Heard County Henry County Jackson County Jasper County Jones County Lamar County Lumpkin County Macon County Madison County Meriwether County Monroe County Morgan County Newton County Oconee County Oglethorpe County Paulding County |
Peach County Pickens County Pike County Polk County Pulaski County Putnam County Rockdale County Stephens County Talbot County Taylor County Twiggs County Union County Upson County Walton County White County Wilkinson County |
We also build in the following cities in Georgia:
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Acworth Alpharetta Athens Athens-Clarke Atlanta Barrow Bartow Belvedere Belvedere Park Brookhaven Butts Calhoun Canton Carroll Carrollton Cartersville Cherokee |
Cobb College Park Coweta Cumming Dawsonville Decatur Dekalb Douglas Dublin Douglasville Dunwoody Duluth East Point Ellijay Fayette Forest Park Forest |
Forsyth Gainesville Grantville Griffin Gwinnett Hall Henry Hinesville Hogansville Jasper John's Creek Kennesaw LaGrange Lake Allatoona Lake Blue Ridge Lake Chatuge Lake Hartwell |
Lake Jackson Lake Lanier Lake Nottely Lake Oconee Lawrenceville Lone Oak Mableton Macon Marietta McDonough Milledgeville Milton Newnan Newton North Atlanta North Druid Hills The North Georgia mountains |
Paulding Peachtree City Redan Rockdale Rome Roswell Sandy Springs Smyrna Snellville Spalding Stone Mountain Sugar Hill Tucker Union City Washington Winder |
