Become a Team Power Smart Member & ‘Analyze Your Home’

By Kari Kylo, BC Hydro Power Smart

Some of you may find the following scenario familiar. You have just moved into your new house. The purchased furniture has arrived, the pictures are hung on the wall, and you have found the perfect nook for every item. It is now time to just sit back and enjoy your home. Then you open your first energy bill and realize that you are using more power in your home than you thought, resulting in higher than expected energy expenses. This may seem confusing to you, as you believe that you are fairly power smart, and you try and use your power conservatively.

Team Power Smart has a user-friendly tool on their website called ‘Analyze Your Home’, which can help you find out how energy efficient your home is and what the biggest energy users in your home are. The tool also offers energy tips that are specific to your home that can help you lower your energy usage; reducing your energy costs.

‘Analyze Your Home’ is exclusive to Team Power Smart members. To become a Team Power Smart member and to access the ‘Analyze Your Home’ tool, sign-up at bchydro.com and add your account information online. To find out more about Team Power Smart and its membership perks, click here.

By using the answers to your questions, your billing history, and local weather data, the ‘Analyze Your Home’ tool will provide you with a customized PDF report with in-depth feedback, presented in easy-to-follow graphs and charts, to help you understand your home’s energy usage.

The ‘Analyze Your Home’ tool will save your answers and results so that you can refer to them again in the future. If changes occur at your home and you want an updated report, simply login to your Team Power Smart Members’ Tool Box at bchydro.com and find the ‘Analyze Your Home’ tool. You can update your information and run your new report anytime.

For more information on BC Hydro Power Smart residential programs such as Team Power Smart, the Fridge Buy-Back program, discounts on ENERGY STAR© light fixtures, LED’s, CFLs, and Power Smart New Homes visit www.powersmart.ca.