Ceiling fans can be a great way to increase the energy savings in your home while providing a comfortable living environment. Offering more features and functionality than a standard light, many ceiling fans can easily be installed in the same location as and replace your light fixture. Ceiling fan energy efficiency can vary greatly between ceiling fans and the accessories added to them such as light kits.
Without a typical light kit ceiling fan energy efficiency is at an optimal level. However, installing a standard ceiling fan light kit will draw more energy than a ceiling fan motor. Adding an Energy Star rated lighting kit to your ceiling fan will cut the energy used in half compared to that of a standard light kit. Additional energy savings can be made by purchasing a ceiling fan with an Energy Star rating which can move the air up to 20% more efficiently than a standard fan. Many leading manufacturers offer both ceiling fans and light kits with the Energy Star rating and prominently display it.
Additional energy savings can be had by simply turning the ceiling fan and lights off when you leave the room. Using the lights and fan in a reasonable manner, constantly adjusting the speed of the blades and turning the lights on and off repeatedly will use more energy than letting the fan run at a constant level.
The senior policy officer from the NLA says landlords could also consider loftinsulation and dry lining the walls, which is basically internal insulation.But she added that most people may be reluctant to do this as it is structuralwork and installing a more energy efficient condensing combination boiler maybe an easier option.
In May the NLA encouraged landlords to make use of the Landlord's Energy SavingAllowance (LESA) which is to be introduced in October.
According to research carried out by the Sponge Sustainability Network some 52per cent of people would to pay more for housing that meets environmentalstandards.
The NLA is a body that supports residential landlords letting out property inthe private sector. It has more than 13,000 members.
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