Summer Savings Tips
Making a few simple adjustments can add up to big energy savings in the summer months. Strategically locating trees in your yard to help shade your roof makes a considerable difference in energy consumption.
- Set the air conditioner at 78 degrees or higher. For every degree you raise your thermostat, you can save up to 3 percent on your cooling costs.
- Keep blinds, curtains and windows closed during the day.
- Plant trees to shade your home. Newly planted trees will begin shading windows in their first year and will reach your roof in five to 10 years.
- Use ceiling fans. They provide a breeze that can make you feel at least five degrees cooler, allowing you to turn up your air conditioner.
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- Michele Cross, 4th Grade Teacher>I think it is important for my students to see a lot of different careers. So they see someone from the oil industry come into the classroom and it just sort of sparks their interest in maybe something they might think about in the future. -
- Jim Stegeman, Petro Pro>What I enjoy most about the presentation is when I feel like I am talking directly to somebody that is interested and that has a chance of picking something up that will help them. If I feel like I am helping somebody, then I feel like I have done my job. -
- Erin Taylor, High School Freshman>When guest speakers come into the classroom it is different mainly because they give you a different perspective from what a teacher gives you. -
- David Schooler, 7th Grade Teacher>The materials provided, they really did help give the kids more to see. There were newer graphics that I was able to obtain at some of the workshops that just help supplement what I already have. -
- Brandi Biggs, Petro Pro>By being able to go into the classroom as a Petro Pro I am able to share things about the industry that most kids, and most parents, don not know today. And I am able to create some excitement and interest in a field and a subject that they probably did not have a lot of interest before.