The common concern that each person has is how to save energy, which is why home energy check up is recommended today because of its benefits. Yes it’s true! It’s important and recommended because it helps you out with your electric bills and consumption. This can also give you some relief and comfort. For you to have a clearer view about the importance and advantages of having a home energy check up, in the next paragraph, we will discuss some important points.
Home energy check up include the checking of the efficiency level of your appliances, insulations, heating and cooling systems, leaks in your water line, air circulation inside the house, and the arrangement of plants and trees around the house. You may wonder why I mentioned about the arrangement of plants and trees. You’ll figure it out later.
After the inspector does the check up, he will provide you with reports of damages and other concerns that your house may have then give you specific instructions on what you need to do to fix them. One possible instruction or a concern that the inspector will have is changing your bulbs, if he finds it as a concern. Maybe the inspector finds out that you’re using incandescent bulb that is why he instructs you to change it, the best alternative for that is the compact fluorescent lamps or CFL. This CFL provide a brighter light compared to incandescent bulbs and aside from that, it is very efficient when it comes to energy consumption.
Also, the inspector will recommend fixing the leak in your water line if it’s a concern. About the cooling and heating system of your home, commonly the inspectors will only advice you to use them if necessary. Now, let’s go back to the arrangement of the plants and trees as mentioned above, they need to be placed in the right location or area of the house. Trees should be placed away from the electrical line to prevent causing problems in the future. This is a common problem that most of us encounter when brunches of these trees starts to fall and interfere with electrical line. Having trees around your house also provide us with sufficient amount of oxygen. Now you understand why it is necessary to arrange your plants and trees in their right location.
The main purpose of this home energy check up is to help us with safety measures and at the same time help lessen our electric consumption and electric bills as well. I mentioned about safety which means that with the help of a home energy check up you can prevent some unwanted situation to happen like short circuits and overload of electric consumption that can lead to cause fire.