Energy Saving Tips
As part of their "Make a Cool Change" initiative, ENERGY STAR® offers a handy checklist to see if it's time for your household to make an energy efficient heating and/or cooling appliance change:
- Your heat pump or air conditioner is more than 10 years old
- Your furnace or boiler is more than 15 years old
- Your equipment needs frequent repairs and your bills are going up
- Some of your rooms are too hot or cold compare to the rest of your home
- No one is home for long periods of the day and you don’t have a programmable thermostat
- Your home has humidity problems
- Your home has excessive dust
- Your cooling system is noisy
- Your score on the ENERGY STAR Home Energy Yardstick is below five
For more details, download the full "Is it time for a change?" checklist (PDF).


