{"id":37784,"date":"2010-07-21T21:24:31","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T21:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetmiamirealestate.com\/2010\/07\/21\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/"},"modified":"2019-04-23T20:53:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:53:37","slug":"summertime-money-saving-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime Money-Saving Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1252\" src=\"http:\/\/planetmiamirealestate.com\/files\/2010\/07\/Money-House.jpg\" alt=\"Ways to Save Money on Your House\" width=\"347\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I think we all open that bill from Florida Power and Light with trepidation. As the summer heat endures we depend on our air conditioners\u00a0like a fish does water, and for that, we pay!<\/p>\n<p>There are many ways to fight the bill that are free or very inexpensive we all can do.\u00a0And there are some bigger-ticket actions we can take.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some no or low-cost measures for keeping the electric bill lower:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turn things OFF! We have so many appliances and electronics that sit in &#8220;ready&#8221; mode that we don&#8217;t use every day. Think about what doesn&#8217;t need to be plugged in all the time. A great example is your cellphone charger which always draws a trickle of power.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off lights and ceiling fans when nobody is in the room. The slight boost when turned back on is negligible and equals less than staying on all the time. And make sure those fans are blowing air DOWN.<\/li>\n<li>Lock your windows. Most windows have a weather seal no matter what type they are, and locking them makes the contact tighter. Also, make sure the window and door seals are in good shape and not worn down or misshapen.<\/li>\n<li>Close a\/c registers in unused rooms, or at least lessen the flow of cool air into those rooms.<\/li>\n<li>Adjust drapes and shades to keep direct sunlight out of the house.<\/li>\n<li>Hang-dry your laundry outdoors\u00a0on sunny days.<\/li>\n<li>Close the damper if you have a wood-burning fireplace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a little money the following can decrease your bill:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let&#8217;s assume you already change your a\/c filters monthly. Now consider shading &#8211; not blocking &#8211; \u00a0that compressor outside from the direct burning sunshine.<\/li>\n<li>Install ceiling fans where there are none. Did you know the fan doesn&#8217;t actually lower the tempurature, but the moving air and drying moisture (think sweat) makes you feel cooler.<\/li>\n<li>Shade &#8211; not block &#8211; the unit&#8217;s outdoor compressor.<\/li>\n<li>Install refective films on windows and\/or consider solar screens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The more expensive fixes undoubtedly have the most impact over time, so if you can&#8217;t do these immediately think about getting to them when you can.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant <a title=\"Shade Trees for Florida\" href=\"http:\/\/floridagardener.com\/misc\/shade.htm\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shade trees<\/a>, specifically on the south and west sides of your property<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"North American Insulation Manufacturers Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.naima.org\/pages\/resources\/faq\/faq_home.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insulation<\/a>:\u00a0 Make sure you have insulation at least in the attic. It\u2019s estimated that\u00a0undiscovered openings in\u00a0walls, floors and the roof account for about 45% of cooling loss.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Floriday Public Service Article About Tankless Water Heaters\" href=\"http:\/\/progress-energy.com\/custservice\/flares\/builders\/tankless.asp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tankless Hot Water Heaters<\/a>:\u00a0 Because these provide hot water only when it\u2019s needed, they remove the need for a big tank of hot water waiting to be used.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Efficient Windows Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.efficientwindows.org\/factsheets\/Florida.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy Efficient Windows<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These stop unwanted\u00a0cooling loss\u00a0and they can also block harmful UV rays that fade carpets and furniture.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Water Circulation System Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plumbingsolutionsfl.com\/water.php\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Water Circulation System<\/a>:\u00a0 How much water goes down the drain while you are waiting for it to warm up?\u00a0 It\u2019s estimated that about 25 to 30 gallons of water daily can be wasted \u00a0this way, 10,000 to 14,000 gallons annually.\u00a0\u00a0 A water circulation system automatically recirculates colder water back to your water heater until it\u2019s hot enough for use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been playing a game with FPL for years. Every month I try to lower my bill, even if it&#8217;s only by $1. The satisfaction I get is, as they say, priceless!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">If you have real estate needs I&#8217;m here for you. Call me at <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">305 794.6570<\/span><\/strong> or <a title=\"Leave me a message here.\" href=\"http:\/\/planetmiamirealestate.com\/contact\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>leave me a message here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">If you enjoyed reading this article, why not<strong> <\/strong><a title=\"Subscribe to my posts by email\" href=\"\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=PlanetMiamiRealEstate&amp;amp;loc=en_US\u201d&gt;Subscribe to Planet Miami Real Estate by Email&lt;\/a&gt;\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Subscribe<\/strong><\/a> to receive the next one?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think we all open that bill from Florida Power and Light with trepidation. As the summer heat endures we depend on our air conditioners\u00a0like a fish does water, and for that, we pay! There are many ways to fight the bill that are free or very inexpensive we all can do.\u00a0And there are some<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5571,"featured_media":130092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[11767],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Summertime Money-Saving Tips - BHHS EWM Realty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summertime Money-Saving Tips - BHHS EWM Realty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I think we all open that bill from Florida Power and Light with trepidation. As the summer heat endures we depend on our air conditioners\u00a0like a fish does water, and for that, we pay! There are many ways to fight the bill that are free or very inexpensive we all can do.\u00a0And there are someRead More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BHHS EWM Realty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EWMRealtyInternational\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-07-21T21:24:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-23T20:53:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BHHS-On-Solid-Background.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"376\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"376\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Beth Kipnis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Beth Kipnis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Beth Kipnis\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7055ae81a0024c01c235983110cc5d25\"},\"headline\":\"Summertime Money-Saving Tips\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-21T21:24:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-23T20:53:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/\"},\"wordCount\":574,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"EWM News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/\",\"name\":\"Summertime Money-Saving Tips - BHHS EWM Realty\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-07-21T21:24:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-23T20:53:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Summertime Money-Saving Tips\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"BHHS EWM Realty\",\"description\":\"Blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BHHS EWM Realty\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BHHSLogo2_2019.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BHHSLogo2_2019.png\",\"width\":1804,\"height\":345,\"caption\":\"BHHS EWM Realty\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/ewmrealty\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EWMRealtyInternational\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewmrealty\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7055ae81a0024c01c235983110cc5d25\",\"name\":\"Beth Kipnis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec368bba24378e6641d406b1b9c9a80b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec368bba24378e6641d406b1b9c9a80b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Beth Kipnis\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/author\/bethkipnis\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Summertime Money-Saving Tips - BHHS EWM Realty","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Summertime Money-Saving Tips - BHHS EWM Realty","og_description":"I think we all open that bill from Florida Power and Light with trepidation. As the summer heat endures we depend on our air conditioners\u00a0like a fish does water, and for that, we pay! There are many ways to fight the bill that are free or very inexpensive we all can do.\u00a0And there are someRead More","og_url":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/","og_site_name":"BHHS EWM Realty","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EWMRealtyInternational","article_published_time":"2010-07-21T21:24:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-04-23T20:53:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":376,"height":376,"url":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BHHS-On-Solid-Background.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Beth Kipnis","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Beth Kipnis","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/"},"author":{"name":"Beth Kipnis","@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7055ae81a0024c01c235983110cc5d25"},"headline":"Summertime Money-Saving Tips","datePublished":"2010-07-21T21:24:31+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-23T20:53:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/"},"wordCount":574,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["EWM News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/","url":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/","name":"Summertime Money-Saving Tips - BHHS EWM Realty","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-07-21T21:24:31+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-23T20:53:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/summertime-money-saving-tips\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Summertime Money-Saving Tips"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/","name":"BHHS EWM Realty","description":"Blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"BHHS EWM Realty","url":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BHHSLogo2_2019.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BHHSLogo2_2019.png","width":1804,"height":345,"caption":"BHHS EWM Realty"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/ewmrealty\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EWMRealtyInternational","https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewmrealty"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7055ae81a0024c01c235983110cc5d25","name":"Beth Kipnis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec368bba24378e6641d406b1b9c9a80b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec368bba24378e6641d406b1b9c9a80b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Beth Kipnis"},"url":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/author\/bethkipnis\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126474,"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37784\/revisions\/126474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewmrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}