As a Northerner, there are certain things that I will acknowledge my neighbors to the south are better at. (Offhand, cooking barbecue comes to mind). However, while it may be tough to admit the supremacy of other regions of the country in certain matters (college football, baseball or basketball, for instance), the energy efficiency of each region isn't generally debated in such an open forum.
However, a new study finds that Americans in certain regions of the country may be more apt to engage in certain practices that can help them lower their energy bills.
On March 13, Harris Interactive released a new study that sought to determine exactly what types of energy-efficient products and tactics Americans were using at home. (In yesterday's piece, we talked a bit about how the study pointed out that many Americans aren't taking advantage of new programmable and manual thermostats).
Despite my original theories in this regard, the study indicated that there are regional differences between homeowners, sometimes big ones. For example, Southerners were almost twice as likely as Easterners and Westerners to change their air filters monthly (55 percent to 27 percent and 28 percent, respectively).
In addition, nearly 60 percent of Westerners reported that they use low wattage light bulbs. By comparison, only 48 percent of homeowners in the east said that they had opted for this home improvement upgrade. Likewise, Westerners were also more likely to have installed low-flow faucets, as 40 percent of these homeowners reported this action, compared to the 25 percent of Easterners and 23 percent of Midwesterners.
While the study doesn't conclude the region with the most energy-efficient homeowners (we all know the real answer is Northerners) it does shed some valuable insights on the habits you may want to adopt to keep your biggest investment from draining your wallet through monthly utilities.
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Source: http://blog.todaysconcept.com/home-improvement-tips/the-regional-battle-for-energy-efficiency/
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