Remember the days when you didn't have a recycling bin, how long has it been? Conservation has come a long way.
And we've spent a lot of time in recent weeks talking about energy savings. Earth Day and spring-cleaning in general is a good time to find ways to save a little more money and energy, not to mention help the environment bit by bit. Each family making a few small changes, like
recycling old thermostats and replacing regular light bulbs with
CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lighting) really adds up to one big change over time. Some ideas aren't all that new, and some are true technological breakthroughs. This is one of the latter.
The technology exists today for the average homeowner to enjoy hospital-quality air filtration standards for general surgery. Now that's clean air. And better yet, it's actually affordable.
The first comprehensive line of
Ozone-free air filters is now available. They help keep your body, your wallet and the environment from suffering. The technology safely destroys and removes chemical vapors, household odors, particles and microorganisms. Better still, they filter the air throughout your entire home, not just in one room like most plug-in air cleaners in the same price range, which may also emit
Ozone.
It’s those pesky
air pollutants, like dirt, pollen, dust and debris that get in your airways and help aggravate allergies. Filtering out the particulates from the air you breathe could mean less sneezing, sinus problems, headaches, and best of all... potentially less allergy drugs at home.
So why spend hundreds for a one-room plug-in air cleaner when you could clean the air in every room, continuously, without using additional electricity or emitting ozone... for about the same price? Some things are just a no-brainer.
Here’s the bottom line*:
$398: Ozone-free HC16 whole-home air filter installed
-$200: 12 months home allergy expenses
=$198: Year-round Ozone and headache savings
*price, benefits and savings may vary
Posted on: 4/29/2008 2:39:08 PM by Sam
If you haven’t taken advantage of the Service Experts
Earth Day giveaway, there’s no better time than now.
Service Experts' Earth Day program will create the same environmental effect as planting 330 trees for every single homeowner who makes one small household change. We’ll install a free programmable thermostat to every U.S. and Canadian household that schedules a heating or cooling tune-up during the month of April.
Take a look:
Service Experts locations across North America are offering tune-ups in the range of $79 to $149, depending on the type of equipment and market. The programmable thermostat, installation and mercury-based thermostat disposal are free of charge during this Earth Day promotion.
There are more and more home comfort products coming on the market to help you reduce energy consumption, but few are as affordable and efficient as an air conditioning tune-up and new programmable thermostat. And it’s not often that a home comfort company steps up to the environmental plate, so now is definitely the time to update your old thermostat and start saving.
More ways to take action
The
EPA and
DOE offer these suggestions to homeowners to increase energy savings and become more environmentally responsible:
- Change your heating and cooling system’s air filter at least every three months and monthly during summer and winter, seasons of heaviest use.
- Schedule tune-ups for heating and cooling systems.
- Properly seal heating and cooling ducts, which can improve efficiency up to 20 percent.
- Look for the ENERGY STAR symbol from service companies and their products, as these qualified products and services meet energy efficiency guidelines set by the EPA and DOE.
Posted on: 4/16/2008 11:59:07 AM by Sam