Cold weather will be here soon. Is your home ready?

Here are the top five tips to optimize your home’s energy usage for winter:  

1. Check and/or replace your air filter
2. Make sure air vents and/or baseboard heaters are not blocked by anything in your home
3. “Test drive” your HVAC system before the cold weather – listen for any odd noises or rattles
4. Reverse the direction of your ceiling fans – they should run clockwise during the winter, drawing cool air upward and forcing warm air downward and counterclockwise in the summer
5. Get your HVAC system inspected by a local contractor

Contact an Efficiency Works service provider to have a professional efficiency assessment performed on your home. Assessments can be done in-person at your home or virtually. Click here to learn more.

Contact [email protected] with any additional questions.

Efficiency Works Business saves local school districts energy and money

All four school districts in Platte River’s owner communities have participated in the Efficiency Works Business program. Completing nearly 100 efficiency upgrades since 2018, including upgrading both indoor and outdoor lighting to LED bulbs, these districts have saved a combined 2.4 million kWh – enough to power 300 homes and saving nearly $200,000 a year on utility bills.

Both Poudre School District and Thompson School District participate in the Efficiency Works Energy Management program designed to help large organizations get the most energy savings. Poudre School District Sustainability Manager Trudy Trimbath affirms the impact of Efficiency Works:

“The Efficiency Works Business rebates program is streamlined, customer friendly and easy to use. Efficiency Works staff are extremely knowledgeable and helpful throughout the process. Without this program, this project would have taken several years to complete instead of a couple months.“

Efficiency Works Business continues to help commercial customers in our owner communities save energy, water and money so they can invest back into their organizations.

For more information, please contact our team at [email protected] with any additional questions.