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Save Energy For Summer : Flip Your Ceiling Fan Rotation

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Real Estate Agent with Real Living 1st Choice Realty
Ceiling fans lower your energy bill Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer and, in many parts of the country, weekend weather was indistinguishable from what one might expect in August. Temperatures climbed into the 90s throughout the Southwest, South Central, Midwest and Southeast and even crossed 100 degrees in parts of Kansas. For homeowners with ceiling fans, the change of season offers a timely reminder to change the direction in which ceiling fan blades rotate. Properly-rotating ceiling fan blades not only cools your home more efficiently, but can lower your energy bill, too. Ceiling fans are meant to amplify your home's natural heating and cooling systems. Using the equivalent energy of a 100-watt light bulb, on a cool day, a ceiling fan will recirculate warmer air, making a room feel up to 6 degrees warmer. On a warm day, a ceiling fan can reduce a room's effective temperature by 4 degrees. It accomplishes this by pushing colder air back into a room, creating a "windchill effect" on the skin. This is a far more economical way to regulate temperature as compared setting a home thermostat up or down by 4 degrees. The key is to have the ceiling fan blades running in the proper direction.
  • When your home's heating system is on, rotate fan blades clockwise
  • When your home's cooling system is on, rotate fan blades counter-clockwise
For additional cost savings with a ceiling fan, remember to turn it off when you're not in the room. Ceiling fans don't cool the air; neither do they warm it. Rather, ceiling fans move air which gives the sensation of a room being cooler or warmer. With nobody in the room, there's no need to run the fan. If your home is without ceiling fans, and you'd like to install one or many, the process is inexpensive and easy. There are videos online which walk you through the steps, or you can call a qualified electrician. Need an electricians name? Call or email me -- I'm happy to offer a referral in Parkland or Coral Springs. Click here to Search Parkland Homes Click here to Search Coral Springs Homes Click here to Find Out What your Home is Worth View my listings at http://www.jonklein.com

Comments (4)

Pat Champion
John Roberts Realty - Eustis, FL
Call the "CHAMPION" for all your real estate needs

Great energy saving tips I know we can all use any money saving tips in this economy. Thanks for sharing the tips.

May 28, 2012 11:59 PM
Elite Home Sales Team
Elite Home Sales Team OC - Corona del Mar, CA
A Tenacious and Skilled Real Estate Team

I like a simple direction that can be understood.  This blog met that requirement.

May 29, 2012 12:04 AM
Greg Large
ERA Real Solutions - Grove City, OH
A Tradition of Trust

Great tip!  Somethig I didn't know or if I did had forgotten, DOH!  Very simple also, I like that!

May 29, 2012 12:36 AM
Mark Loewenberg
KW of the Palm Beaches - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
KW 561-214-0370

good reminder to pass on to our buyers and a good touch as well to reach them with some energy saving news

May 29, 2012 12:48 AM