How to Keeping Your Home Healthy but Energy Saving During the COVID-19 Crisis?

As the COVID-19 Crisis is spreading in all over the world, more and more countries are issuing "stay at home" orders. During these special period, it is important to stay healthy, and take care of yourself and your family. As you need to stay at home all the time, your electricity bill may make you sweat. Therefore, how to keep your home healthy and energy saving are both very important things.

Here are some tips from Hotowell to help keep you cool, and your pockets full.

1. Reset Your Smart Thermostat

First of all, be sure to use a programmable smart thermostat. Programmable smart thermostats adjust when your air conditioning is running based on prescheduled blocks of time each day. Doing this can save you up to 10 percent of your electricity bill. A common rule for every degree Celsius you adjust the thermostat, you can save about 3 percent on costs. So, if you normally keep a house at 21℃ in the summer and raise the setting to 24℃, you’ll reduce cooling costs by about 9 percent. And more important thing, don't forget to set your thermostat back when your house is unoccupied.

The follows are summer thermostat setting temperatures recommended by experts.

2. Order Smart LED bulbs and replace all your light bulbs 

To really save some bucks, change your standard light bulbs to Energy-Star qualified smart LED bulbs. They use 90% less energy and can last up to 15 times longer. Nowadays, control your bulbs with smartphone is more and more popular. Smart LED bulbs are is more convenient but energy saving.

If you are under“stay-at-home”orders and practicing social distancing, you don’t even need to go to your local hardware store. You can order them online or contact me directly.

Our Alibaba store’s link is https://hotowell.en.alibaba.com/

3. When the temperature is appropriate, open windows and let your home breathe.

As people work at home, there is less vehicle travel and corresponding emissions. So outdoor air quality is generally very good these days. Open your windows and let your home breathe after the long winter. Fresh air can do special for your health include physically and emotionally.

4. Don’t forget you can use a fan to feel cool, even with a higher thermostat setting.

5. While in the kitchen, choose your appliances wisely.

6. During the hottest times of the day, stay away from appliances that produce heat.

7. Try to avoid frequently going in and out of the refrigerator and freezer.

8. Instead head out to backyard and use the grill to help save energy.

9. Turn off TVs, computers, and other electronic devices when they are not in use.

10. Since you’ve got time at home, clean or change your air conditioning filters. A dirty filter can make your equipment work harder, making your bill higher.

These simple tips can help to save money and energy.

Sincerely wish the epidemic disappearing soon.

And if there is anything I can help to do, welcome to contact me via following methods at anytime.

Contact: Ms. Ashley

Email: delta@hotowell.com

Tel.: +86 153 5987 4486

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