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00:00 Alright, this has been a very stressful summer on our electric bills and joining us to help
00:06 reduce our energy bill is Lindsay Ellis for 4 Energy.
00:12 And let's talk about what 4 Energy is all about.
00:14 So 4 Energy is a home efficiency company.
00:18 We've been around for 13 years.
00:20 We basically holistically come into people's homes and look at their windows, their ducts,
00:25 their attic, their AC.
00:27 Do a complimentary checkup, it's like a doctor's exam for your home, and then give you this
00:31 comprehensive report which tells you where you're losing efficiency and helps you to
00:37 figure out how to be more comfortable in your home.
00:39 Also how to save, what are some great DIY tips, and then help people with making those
00:44 efficiency upgrades that they need.
00:48 We do a lot of education to the public.
00:50 So a lot of the public doesn't know that there's rebates to make efficiency upgrades through
00:55 the utility companies.
00:56 Everybody thinks the utility companies are just the bills, right?
00:58 But there's a lot of rebates through them too.
01:01 So we educate on that.
01:02 We also do a lot of philanthropic things like we do solar as well.
01:06 Five dollars of all of our panels goes to an organization called Give Power which powers
01:11 villages around the world that don't have power.
01:13 Lindsay, let's talk about something you said that's very important.
01:15 That's our electric bill and you said there's incentives there.
01:18 But because we get them emailed to us now, we're doing paperless, we aren't paying attention
01:23 to them.
01:24 We only see that amount that's due.
01:25 And I don't want to knock the electric companies, but they kind of do that on purpose to us
01:30 a little bit where they go, "Okay, here goes your bill," and you look at that amount.
01:33 But then you don't scroll through the rest because you're kind of upset about that and
01:36 you kind of got to look down because they are giving you ideas and rebates and stuff
01:39 and realize this is going on.
01:41 And also about saving.
01:43 And that's something that you guys come in and say, "Listen, take a look at that bill.
01:46 Maybe it's time to get them back to paper bills so that way you can sit down, go through
01:49 them and with the family."
01:51 Because it's one thing you also are letting people know is like, "Listen, the kids are
01:55 back at school.
01:57 Ways you can cut down on that electricity now and give timing too, right?"
02:00 Well, you know, when we go into the homes to do these checkups, we ask that everybody
02:04 that consumes energy is there.
02:06 Why?
02:07 Because they all consume it differently.
02:08 Your kids are consuming energy differently than you are.
02:11 You know, if there's a husband and a wife or their spouses, their sisters, extended
02:15 family, we want to talk to everybody.
02:17 We want to look at their bills and we want to scroll through and look at the usage.
02:21 Power companies want you to pay your bill, right?
02:22 So they're not going to put that first and foremost.
02:25 We want to come in there and dissect it, go over it, show you and your family how you
02:29 can be more comfortable and lower your bill.
02:31 Yeah, because people are also working from home and I didn't know this, but a friend
02:34 of mine actually is getting credit on his electric bill for working from home from his
02:40 business, from the bosses and stuff, because it is like another little office and that's
02:44 something also too that we need to start looking at is what's going on in the house?
02:48 And that's where again, you teach them.
02:49 Absolutely.
02:50 So housing codes have changed throughout the years and how many times have you been in
02:55 your attic?
02:56 Do you know what your attic looks like?
02:57 I have no idea.
02:58 Exactly.
02:59 Most of your energy is lost through your attic or through your windows and doors, but you
03:01 don't know what it looks like.
03:02 If you've been in your home for multiple years, your insulation levels have gone down, but
03:07 you're not up in there looking.
03:08 So we're going to go in there for you and we're going to show you where your insulation
03:10 levels are.
03:11 We're going to show you, if you've been in your home, let's say you've got a home that's
03:14 20 years old, your ducts might be cracked.
03:16 Your ducts might be sitting on the ground.
03:17 Wow.
03:18 That's something I never thought about.
03:19 Now you got me wanting to go up there.
03:21 Other part too, is that we were talking about this before you came in, you're not going
03:25 to die at 70, 72.
03:28 You're not going to die if your house is at 70 or 72 instead of like I said, I have a
03:32 friend who takes it down like 67, 68 because they want to be comfortable when they come
03:36 home and they like that coldness.
03:37 But that's blowing all day.
03:38 You are just throwing money out the window, aren't you?
03:41 Oh, absolutely.
03:42 And think about it.
03:43 If you haven't had your AC checked, which you really want to have done at least yearly,
03:47 and it's running all the time at 67, 68, your bill is going to be so high.
03:51 That's why it's important, wherever you want to keep your temperature, but to manage that.
03:54 It's great to get a smart thermostat, which there's rebates for.
03:58 But it's also, you want to service that AC because it's like your car.
04:02 You know what?
04:03 You want to make sure it's tuned up.
04:04 It's much more expensive once it breaks.
04:06 Yeah, I like that.
04:07 Lindsay, where can people find out more about 4 Energy and the things that you do for the
04:10 community and for their homes?
04:13 They can visit 4energy.com or they can call us at 480-699-1481.
04:18 We'd love to help them with their energy efficiency and lowering those bills.
04:21 It's been a hot summer.
04:22 It has been.
04:23 Thank you very much for coming in.
04:23 metric on it.
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