October is National Energy Awareness Month
Otter Tail AOA体育平台 Company Offers Many Ways To Save Through Energy Efficiency
While every month is energy awareness month at Otter Tail AOA体育平台 Company, this October the company challenges its customers to find new ways to save during National Energy Awareness Month.
Shred your heating bills with a cold-climate heat pump
It鈥檚 not a furnace. And it鈥檚 not an air conditioner. It鈥檚 both! A cold-climate heat pump (CCHP) can lower your heating costs considerably and double as a cooling system in the summer. Fact is, it鈥檒l keep your home comfortable whatever the weather.
CCHPs operate at approximately 400% efficiency at 47掳F or above, and when temps drop to聽zero聽a CCHP can sustain efficiencies of approximately聽200%听or more. 鈥淭hat means CCHPs deliver two to four units of energy for every one unit of energy consumed,鈥� said Otter Tail AOA体育平台 Company Market Planning Manager Jason Grenier. 鈥淐CHPs are ideal for our northern climate because they鈥檙e able to provide up to 90% of your space-heating needs. And we offer generous rebates to help you save.鈥� Installing a CCHP may qualify you for a rebate of聽$500 per ton. That鈥檚 $1,500 to $2,000 for a typical home!
Set up your preferences and let your smart thermostat take it from there!
Install a聽smart thermostat, set up聽your preferences,聽and聽start saving money聽and听别苍别谤驳测!
A smart thermostat lets you automatically control your home鈥檚 heating and air conditioning鈥攆rom anywhere! It can:
- Allow you to manage your home鈥檚 settings from any device that鈥檚 connected to the Internet (like your smartphone or tablet).
- Help you save energy鈥攁nd money鈥攂y managing聽a schedule to control the temperature of your home.
- Advanced models can learn your home energy use preferences over time to make automatic adjustments.
We offer rebates on smart thermostats too. 鈥淚f your home's primary heat is electric and you聽install a qualified聽smart thermostat model,聽we鈥檒l provide you with a $100聽to $150聽rebate,鈥� said Grenier.聽Customers with electric cooling but without electric heating may qualify for a聽$35 or $50聽rebate.
Commercial Direct Install program offers commercial and industrial customers ways to save
This November Otter Tail AOA体育平台 Company is offering an energy-efficiency assessment to local small- and mid-sized businesses in Perham, Fertile, and Twin Valley, Minnesota, through its Commercial Direct Install program. 鈥淭his free assessment includes installation of LED bulbs, faucet aerators, water pipe insulation, cold-beverage vending machine controllers, and LED exit signs,鈥� said Grenier. 鈥淥ur business owners are seeing real cost savings as a result of energy-efficient additions, plus it鈥檚 a great opportunity for us to talk with them about quick, easy, and affordable measures that have a direct and immediate impact on reducing energy bills.鈥�
To learn more about additional energy-efficient technologies, call聽800-493-3299聽or visit聽otpco.com/WaysToSave.