Heating
- Only heat the rooms you need—close vents and doors of unused rooms.
- Adding area heaters to warm just the occupied rooms in your home will enable you to keep the rest of your home at cooler, more economical temperatures.
- Turning down the thermostat by 1 degree F, can save 25-30 gallons of heating oil per year.~
- Turn down your thermostat to 55 degrees when the house is unoccupied. It takes about 1 hour to heat the average house to a desired temperature. It is~a common myth that turning the thermostat down makes you burn more heating oil in warming up the house again.~Set your thermostat as low as is comfortable when home. At night when you are sleeping, around 60 degrees should be comfortable.~
- During the heating season, keep the draperies and shades on your south facing windows open during the day to allow the sunlight to enter your home and closed at night to reduce the chill you may feel from cold windows.
- Properly maintain and clean heating equipment.