Here’s a lesson plan for easy energy-efficient home upgrades.
Whether kids are attending virtually, in-person or both, school will be back in action soon. Here are three tips to help your family have the best learning environment while making sure your energy costs don’t get out of control.
Eliminate mold and mildew, and get a $25 rebate. Protect your home, and reduce energy costs. A proper dehumidifier can help minimize the humidity in your home and improve air quality by getting rid of mold and mildew. Replacing an old dehumidifier with an ENERGY STAR® model or buying a new one can help lower your monthly bill by using nearly 15 percent less energy. Energy Smart is providing a $25 rebate for purchasing a new ENERGY STAR dehumidifier.
Satisfy your thirst, and get a rebate of up to $50. Enjoying a cool drink or hot beverage from a water cooler is an easy, convenient delight on almost any day. ENERGY STAR certified coolers allow you to quench your thirst while saving on your energy costs. Replacing your home’s conventional water cooler with an energy-efficient, ENERGY STAR certified one can help you use up to 30 percent less energy. Energy Smart is providing a rebate of up to $50 for the purchase of a certified water cooler for your home.
Keep cool when the lesson plans heat up with a $50 rebate on a window air conditioner (A/C) unit. Save money and energy with an ENERGY STAR window A/C unit that offers better sealing and insulation materials to keep your home cool and comfortable while your family is learning. An ENERGY STAR certified A/C unit can reduce your energy costs 20 to 50 percent – that’s cool savings you and your scholars can certainly appreciate. Energy Smart is offering Entergy New Orleans customers a $50 rebate for purchasing a qualifying window A/C.
Here are other ways to save at home. With more people around your house driving up energy usage, we’ve compiled a list of additional techniques to cut back:
Switch to LED light bulbs or desk lamps certified by ENERGY STAR. They last up to 10 times longer and use 75 percent less energy than non-ENERGY STAR products.
Ensure vent connections around walls, ceiling and floors are properly sealed.
Use an inexpensive gasket to seal holes around outlets.
Plug all your electronics into a power strip to eliminate standby power consumption.
When items are completely charged, unplug adapters and chargers.
Set up power-management features on an ENERGY STAR certified device that offers numerous capabilities such as scan, print, copy and fax.
Make sure sleep mode is enabled on monitors and computers to help them run cooler, last longer and use less energy .
