I heard a little something recently from a co-worker that I am very interested to try and see if it works for me as it does for them.
They were talking about how they save a lot of money on their electric bills every month because they do not have to run their central heating and air conditioning system all the time.
Even in the most extreme weather. The way they do this is by having a portable space heater and a portable air conditioning system. The portable space heater and portable air conditioning systems make it so that they can run those when they are home instead of the central heating and air conditioning. Then, when they go to bed at night they turn on the central heating or the central air conditioning. And when they are not home they leave the heat and a/c off completely only to turn it on via their smart thermostat when they are on their way home! I thought all of this was a real brilliant idea all around. I already have the smart thermostat which saves me money as it is. I just do not have the portable space heater or the portable air conditioning system unit. So I think I may go out this weekend and buy a portable space heater to start since it is winter right now. Then I will see if running the portable space heater half the time reduces my electric bills even more than they already are now!