- Appropriate floor and ceiling insullation contributes to consistent temperature control by up to 20%.
- Only heat or cool the rooms in use.
- Choose the right size appliance for the area you want to heat.
- Close doors between heated/cooled rooms to the rest of the house.
- Close doors, windows and curtains when trying to keep heat in.
- Keep doors to cold rooms (like kitchens, bathrooms and laundries) closed. This can prevent up to 75% of total heat loss from a home.
- Stop draughts by sealing unused chimneys with chimney dampers, sealing gaps around doors, and switching off range hoods and exhaust fans.
- Use space heaters when heating a single room.
- Lowering the thermostat of heaters by one degree can reduce energy use by 10 per cent.
- Consider that bar radiator or fan heaters can use as much energy as a single room reverse cycle air conditioner or single room gas heater.
- Ceiling fans are highly functional.
- Where possible open doors and windows on summer evenings to let in cool breezes.
- Evaporative coolers cost less to run than refrigerative air conditioners.
- Open curtains during the day to let sunlight in to your home.
- Insulate ceiling, walls, and floors.
- Provide shading for the east and west windows of your home.
- Delay heat-generating activities such as dish-washing to evenings on hot days
- Reduce heat entering the home by keeping windows and doors closed during the daytime.
- Ceiling fans are an inexpensive way to circulate air in the home.
- In hotter climate areas, plant shade trees around the house – except on the south side of the house.
- The installation of blinds on windows can reduce solar heat gain by 40%-50%.
- Close curtains and windows that are exposed to direct sunlight during the day.
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