Heating and cooling your home can be a huge expense. This is especially true in the harsh cold of winter and the blistering heat of summer. But there are simple, proven ways to lower your energy bills without investing thousands of dollars into new windows and insulation.

Sunshine Air Conditioning & Heating, which serves Yorktown Heights, Peekskill, and Cortland, NY, as well as the surrounding Westchester County area, provides a verifiable solution to those soaring energy bills — programmable thermostats.

By having a programmable thermostat installed in your home, you can adjust your heating and cooling preferences to a pre-set schedule in order to use less energy when you’re asleep or away from your home.

According to the Department of Energy, you can save 5% to 15% a year on your heating bill by turning back your thermostat 10 to 15 degrees for 8 hours. The same principle is true with your air conditioning bill in summer.

Although thermostats can be adjusted manually, programmable thermostats help homeowners stay comfortable by returning the temperature to normal before the homeowner wakes or returns home.

As an HVAC service provider with decades of experience, the technicians at Sunshine Air Conditioning & Heating are experts at duct design, gas furnace repair, and air conditioning service.

They use a 30-point checklist for both central air conditioning and heating repair services to make sure your HVAC service needs are covered in full. Sometimes it’s a solution as simple as installing a programmable thermostat that can make a world of difference in your home.

To learn about how Sunshine Air Conditioning & Heating’s comprehensive HVAC service throughout Yorktown Heights, Peekskill, and Cortland, NY, can keep you comfortable and save you money on your energy bills, visit them online or call (914) 245-2050.