Archive for October, 2009

In today’s day and age saving money is sometimes more important than making money.  With that in mind, we’d like to give a shout-out to Honeywell who is helping consumers and businesses across the globe save money by saving energy.  With programmable thermostats, diagnostic circuitry, and basic upgrades Honeywell is helping 150 million homeowners and 10 million businesses cut energy bills.  Their diagnostic circuitry monitors AC units so that when one malfunctions, it can be diagnosed and repaired immediately.  Programmable thermostats kick on at a specified time so that homes are comfortable when people are there, and not being heated or cooled when the house is typically empty.  Some of the upgrades include installing compact fluorescent lights instead of incandescent lights and installing variable-speed fan controls on heaters and attach them to programmable thermostats.  Small changes like these can cut 20% off electric bills.  Novar (which is owned by Honeywell) installs smart-meters that can check if electronics are left on after hours, turn on a few lights when employees arrive before business hours, and alternate which lights are turned on to increase bulb life.  These smart-meters have saved companies 15% on their electric bills, paying for themselves in just a couple years!  Honeywell understands that the cost of retrofitting your home or business to be more energy efficient, but the upgrades do pay for themselves with the decreased energy bills. This is definitely an investment to look into, I know I am!