If you are looking to have some real great energy savings I have a good suggestion for you.
That would be to try to give your central heating and cooling system a rest, and how can you do this if it is real hot out or real cold out? Believe it or not there is an answer and it is more simple than you could have ever dreamed of. This would be to go out and get yourself some portable heating and A/C equipment. By doing this I am talking about getting a portable cooling system and a portable space heater. Now you may need to get more than one of each which could sound a bit expensive. Especially for the portable cooling systems which run close to five hundred bucks in some cases! However if you take into consideration the amount of money these will save you on your daily energy bill within the course of one single and simple year, you will find that the initial investment will not be too bad or any real investment. Because you will make that money back plus more within the energy savings you will be having from getting the portable heating and A/C machine for your home! I would highly request doing this if you can afford to do so. It will help you out pretty well and you will be very glad you did. You may even thank me for writing this mini article about how much you can save with a portable cooling system and a portable space heater.