Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Proof that more expensive energy efficient appliances are TOTALLY WORTH IT!

Longest post title ever, but I am squealing with excitement.

We splurged on an energy efficient A/C (18 SEER) and furnace (90% AFUE) to the tune of $8,000 when we bought our house. The old one was well on its way out, so the sellers gave us a credit (not that much, but like I said, we splurged). Well, it was TOTALLY WORTH IT! I think it's pretty common knowledge that your HVAC uses up the most energy in your house. Well, perhaps not ours. Our power bill this past month was........drumroll please.......$52! It was also way cheap last month, but I don't recall the number. For comparison, our power bill at the 1,000 SF condo we rented was around $90 for hot months and the former owner's power bill for this month last year was $216! We also got a new fridge, washer and dryer (all energy efficient), which are contributing to our amazing reduction in power consumption. Of course, we also turn the A/C up during the day or when we're gone, turn out lights when we leave rooms, etc. but $52!!!!! I'm going to go do a happy dance now. Bye!

6 comments:

Katie Farmand said...

freakin' awesome. i'm so jealous! as soon as we actually own our house and can choose the appliances, we'll splurge too -- so worth it!

Heather said...

WOW!! That's great!! totally worth the money in the long run to have cheap bills like that!!

Trac~ said...

WOO HOO - that's AWESOME! Great job and congrats!

Kristin said...

That is insane!! Our 1 bed/bath apartment is is triple that..wow.

Amy said...

Nice! That is an amazing difference... makes you realize what a smart investment that was when you start adding up the money you'll save over the life of the appliance!

Whitney Blake said...

I love your blog! So cute! I am glad you have been blog staking me (: I love your house. You guys have done some really cute things with it. That is awesome of your energy efficient appliances!