Energy Saving Tips for Your Austin HomesReal Estate Agents, Agencies & Property SalesUpdated on Sep 11, 2013 View more like this | Visit AUSTIN, TX | Contact EXIT Options Realty |
With the heat rising here in Austin and the looks that fall isn't coming anytime soon here are some great energy saving tips for your Austin home.
If you aren't using it unplug it. Did you know that DVD players, TVs, computers and other electronics have stand-by functions that consume electricity even when they are turned off? Also, drying one load right after another uses less energy since the dryer is already hot.
Turning the thermostat up a few degrees when you have the air conditioning on can save you up to 5% on your electric bill for each degree of temperature change. You can also try shading your air conditioning unit at your Austin house, it will use up to 5% more energy than if it was in the shade.
If you are looking for real estate in Austin, please call Rose Castro at 512.656.3281 or [email protected]
NOTE: As a thank you for reading this blog post, we are providing you with a free excerpt from Dan Castro’s book CRITICAL CHOICES THAT CHANGE LIVES.
When you learn to see through the eyes of heroes, be careful because you might see a cause or a purpose that is much bigger than yourself. The things you see might cause you to dream, and the things you dream may be things that cannot be achieved in your lifetime. And those dreams might get you into a world of trouble.
Martin Luther King, Jr. never saw his dreams fulfilled in his lifetime. Yet, before he died he said to us all, “I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream." Neither he nor Rosa Parks, who almost single-handedly started the civil rights movement in the 1960s, were satisfied with their experience in the present. They both realized that things had to become worse before they got better. The status quo was no longer acceptable and they had to stir things up. They were willing to stir up the hornet's nest in the short term, even though it meant they would be stung, in order to improve the lot of blacks in the long term.
Some problems have been brewing for a long time. They did not just crop up over night. There are no quick fixes for these types of problems. They can only be fixed through consistent, long-term effort. Solid granite boulders can be reduced to sand, but only through the rocking of ocean waves, the rushing of rivers, the whispering of the wind and the gentleness of time.
Martin Luther King, Jr. recognized that we can’t have everything we want over night. There is no rushing the harvest. You can make instant “cream of wheat,” but there is no such thing as instant wheat crops. In order to create wheat crops, the earth must be tilled, the seed must be planted, the soil must be fertilized, the seed must be watered, it must germinate, and it must receive plenty of sunlight. The sun must rise and set. The farmer must wait patiently. There is no rushing this process. This is the only way to see and enjoy the fruit of your labor. Hard work now pays off later—after a sufficient amount of time has passed. There is no way around daily hard work applied consistently over a long period of time.
“How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degree.”
William Shakespeare
Some things are worth waiting for. Successful careers don't happen overnight. A quality college education, a master's degree, or a Ph.D. take years to obtain. Artists, musicians, and authors know it takes years to develop a reputation and a following. For every success we achieve, we usually experience a multitude of failures along the way. Each failure has the potential to teach us something. Each failure brings us a little closer to our goal. It wasn’t until Lee Iacocca was fired from Ford in 1978 that he went to Chrysler and became famous for turning the company around. Time, patience, and hard work yielded the victory and the fame. The tragedy of being fired from Ford merely opened the door to greater opportunities elsewhere. Remember, the significance of any "tragedy" cannot be determined until enough time has passed.
"In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity."
Albert Einstein
THANK YOU FOR READING THIS EXCERPT!
Remember, if you are buying or selling Austin real estate, please call Rose Castro at EXIT: Options Realty.
If you aren't using it unplug it. Did you know that DVD players, TVs, computers and other electronics have stand-by functions that consume electricity even when they are turned off? Also, drying one load right after another uses less energy since the dryer is already hot.
Turning the thermostat up a few degrees when you have the air conditioning on can save you up to 5% on your electric bill for each degree of temperature change. You can also try shading your air conditioning unit at your Austin house, it will use up to 5% more energy than if it was in the shade.
If you are looking for real estate in Austin, please call Rose Castro at 512.656.3281 or [email protected]
NOTE: As a thank you for reading this blog post, we are providing you with a free excerpt from Dan Castro’s book CRITICAL CHOICES THAT CHANGE LIVES.
When you learn to see through the eyes of heroes, be careful because you might see a cause or a purpose that is much bigger than yourself. The things you see might cause you to dream, and the things you dream may be things that cannot be achieved in your lifetime. And those dreams might get you into a world of trouble.
Martin Luther King, Jr. never saw his dreams fulfilled in his lifetime. Yet, before he died he said to us all, “I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream." Neither he nor Rosa Parks, who almost single-handedly started the civil rights movement in the 1960s, were satisfied with their experience in the present. They both realized that things had to become worse before they got better. The status quo was no longer acceptable and they had to stir things up. They were willing to stir up the hornet's nest in the short term, even though it meant they would be stung, in order to improve the lot of blacks in the long term.
Some problems have been brewing for a long time. They did not just crop up over night. There are no quick fixes for these types of problems. They can only be fixed through consistent, long-term effort. Solid granite boulders can be reduced to sand, but only through the rocking of ocean waves, the rushing of rivers, the whispering of the wind and the gentleness of time.
Martin Luther King, Jr. recognized that we can’t have everything we want over night. There is no rushing the harvest. You can make instant “cream of wheat,” but there is no such thing as instant wheat crops. In order to create wheat crops, the earth must be tilled, the seed must be planted, the soil must be fertilized, the seed must be watered, it must germinate, and it must receive plenty of sunlight. The sun must rise and set. The farmer must wait patiently. There is no rushing this process. This is the only way to see and enjoy the fruit of your labor. Hard work now pays off later—after a sufficient amount of time has passed. There is no way around daily hard work applied consistently over a long period of time.
“How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degree.”
William Shakespeare
Some things are worth waiting for. Successful careers don't happen overnight. A quality college education, a master's degree, or a Ph.D. take years to obtain. Artists, musicians, and authors know it takes years to develop a reputation and a following. For every success we achieve, we usually experience a multitude of failures along the way. Each failure has the potential to teach us something. Each failure brings us a little closer to our goal. It wasn’t until Lee Iacocca was fired from Ford in 1978 that he went to Chrysler and became famous for turning the company around. Time, patience, and hard work yielded the victory and the fame. The tragedy of being fired from Ford merely opened the door to greater opportunities elsewhere. Remember, the significance of any "tragedy" cannot be determined until enough time has passed.
"In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity."
Albert Einstein
THANK YOU FOR READING THIS EXCERPT!
Remember, if you are buying or selling Austin real estate, please call Rose Castro at EXIT: Options Realty.
