Living in Glenview, IL, presents some particular challenges, however the weather is difficult just about year round… Both of us experience seriously freezing & long winters; It’s not odd for the temperature to drop down to negative twenty.
The heating method is an essential component for approximately 8 straight weeks.
Both of us also deal with constant snowfall, accumulating far more than the national average! Our summer time conditions are properly overheated & humid, with hot & cold temperatures climbing into the nineties. In-between, both of us expect Spring & fall to be windy, wet & cold. The cost of heating & cooling adds up & has a major impact on the household budget. I am always on the lookout for energy saving measures. I am diligent about replacing air filters in the gas furnace & a/c. I make sure to schedule professional service for the oil furnace in the fall & the cooling component in the Spring, then just recently, I finally made the upgrade to a smart thermostat. Both of us had been managing with an old, manual thermostat that offered nothing more than temperature adjustment. The current method allows WIFI access. Through an app on my smartphone I’m able to raise or lower temperature & utilize all sorts of helpful features, and for the first month after upgrade, the thermostat kept track of every adjustment. It l gained our preferences & scheduling & created a program to accommodate them… Now it automatically adjusts to conserve energy when the beach house is empty & welcomes us back to ideal comfort. Plus, the device offers energy tracking & responds to voice commands. The savings on my heating & cooling bills has hastily reuseed the investment into the smart thermostat.