“Winter”…..the most
awaited season by nearly all of us. When the mild chill in the air turns into
the a bit cold, reading your favorite book at night in warm blanket and
thinking that the freezing weather is opposite to the window, is the major
cherishing feeling of the winters for many of us (at least for me). But when it
gets colder and colder, it is not enough to sit only in the blanket…and by the
way you cannot pass the whole day in the blanket. You have turn up the central
heating in your rooms to keep them warm which may be costly if you use more
energy. No one wants to spend lots of money in paying heating bills. Here are
some energy saving ways of keeping your house warm.
1. Let the Sunlight come in the Room
The best heating source is the
sunlight. Open up the curtains and let the sunshine come in the room. Open just
those curtains which allow the maximum sunlight come in and as soon as the sun
sets, shut the curtains so that the warmth may stay in.
2. Use Aluminum Foil. Use Aluminum foil on the windows to keep the room warm. Aluminum is reflective. It reflects
back the heat to the rooms, saving it from disappearing through the windows.
3. Use Chimney Balloons
We throw lots of the heat out of house
through chimney because we think that there is no way to keep that heat inside our
house. But we think wrong. The chimney balloon is the way to use chimney heat in
keeping your house warm. Just put the balloon in the hole of the chimney. It
inflates and completely locks the hole preventing the heat going out of the
hole. But make sure to remove it before starting
fire.
4. Use Infrared Heaters
The best Infrared heaters are
more energy saving than the space heaters because they particularly heat the
object rather than the entire room. Other heaters need to turn on few minutes
to preheat the room air while the smart infrared heaters don’t. People are
directly warmed by the heater not by the air. Besides being relatively more
energy efficient, these heaters are also safe since they don’t ultra hot.
5. Metal Roofs
A number of insulation and
radiation heating products are developed in the past years to save energy for
keeping warm the buildings like the metal roofs. Metal roofs are reflective
from inside. They prevent the heat being transferred through the roofing
materials to the outside.
6. Insulated curtains
Get insulated curtains for winters
to hang on the windows and keep them drooped as much time as you can even in
the night. You can also place curtain on the doors to keep your house
warm.
7. Don’t keep the Unused Rooms Open
Closing off all the unused rooms
keeps the house warm. When you keep open the rooms you don’t use as much, the
heat you generated moves into those rooms. Leaving the slight chill behind.
8. Add Rugs to the Floor
Rugs do not only make your room
colorful and stylish, but also keep the rooms cozy. If the floors if not insulated, it takes away
much of the heat your radiator generates. By psychological point of view, rugs
on the floor make us feel warm.
9. Turn the Bathroom Fan Off
The bathroom exhaust fan takes the
heat and throws it away. Use them cautiously and make sure to turn it off without
delay after use.
10. Keep the Kitchen Door Open
Kitchen is the coziest place without
any extra effort. Take advantage of the heat produced in preparing the dinner.
Open the door and let the kitchen heat come in the entire house.
11. Rearrange the Furniture
12. Use Radiator Panels
Installing radiator panels in your
room is another way to save energy. They reflect heat and make sure that your
room warms up, not only the walls.
13. Separate the Water Heating from the Central Heating
Many of us don’t pay attention on
this way of increasing energy bills. The hot water is sent to the pipes under
the floor even if the radiator is off. This costs in terms of dollars. So
separate your water heating from your central heating.
14. Get your Roofs Insulted
One of the energy saving way is to
get the roofs insulated. As the
temperature of your room rises, the roof starts to throw it away.
This is not like the heat climbs up
the floor and drills the hole to escape.
Actually a rule of Science involves
here. Heat transfers to the colder
place. Without going into the detail of how and why? (Believe me, it
happens)… just follow the tips to make your house warm and save some dollars by
saving energy.