This way, I get far more acclimated to the level of heat down here and that lowers my demand for air conditioning in the summer
I’m enjoying the last bit of winter weather. It’s weird to say that as those to the far north of me are getting hit with historic cold. Each time I see this happen, I give thanks yet again for living down south. This was a choice I made years and years ago. And I for sure would trade a gas furnace for a heat pump all over again. Actually, I knew I wanted to live in the south before I was even an adult. My family would often vacation down here to get a break from the snow, ice and all that heating inside the house. I fell in love with this region and that feeling only grew. So I chose to go to college down here and never looked back. February is really pretty much the last full month of winter in this region. By March, plenty of my neighbors are already reaching for the thermostat and I hear the heat pumps kicking on. That’s usually my cue to get busy with my HVAC savings strategy for the coming heat and humidity. Of course, any sort of HVAC strategy has to start with an air conditioning tune up. So I will be calling to schedule that in the next week or so. But really, outside of keeping a tight seal on the house and mitigating direct sunlight heating, my HVAC savings strategy is pretty simple. Essentially, I just wait as long as I can to leave the air conditioning on. This way, I get far more acclimated to the level of heat down here and that lowers my demand for air conditioning in the summer. As we move into February, I have to say that I’ll sure miss this perfect winter weather.