- Have your air conditioner professionally serviced annually. If you're looking for an easy way to remember to have your units serviced, find out more about our Club Membership program.
- Clean your air ducts. Visit www.NuDucts.com for more information on Duct Cleaning.
- Install clean air filters every three months during the cooling season.
- Find and seal all cracks in your house.
- Find and seal any gaps or cracks around windows and doors.
- Close the flue in your fireplace chimney to reduce the amount of cooled air escaping from your household
- Use high-efficiency windows and doors or storm windows and doors to keep in the cooled air.
- Use major appliances only during the coolest part of the day or evening to reduce the generation of more hot air.
- Use shades and blinds to block the heat and UV rays from the sun from raising the temperature in your home.
- Add UV coatings or films to exterior windows. Many newer windows have low-e coatings which allow light to enter the room but block the heat and the UV rays.
- Check the insulation around windows and doors and make repairs where necessary.
- Check the insulation in your attic (most heat exchange occurs through the roof).
- Use ceiling fans to better circulate the cooled air.
- Use register/vent booster fans to better circulate the cooled air.
- Seal off any unused/unconditioned parts of the house so cooled air will not escape into these areas and heat will not enter the main part of the house.
- Use ventilation fans to carry heat and steam from the bathrooms and kitchen.
