Woo Hoo.
A little while ago our electricity company sent a letter offering a 'free energy saving audit'. All we had to do was ring them and make an appointment.
Today their representative called around. He arrived five minutes early. Which was a shock in itself. Tradespeople NEVER arrive on time - and rarely will commit themselves to a time of arrival anyway.
Slowly, because they are expensive we have been replacing incandescent light globes with long life energy saving bulbs. Today ACTEW's representative replaced all of the ones we hadn't got to yet. The internal and external lights are now all energy savers. He replaced a dozen of them. Free.
He also fitted draft excluders to all the external doors. No more door snakes for the cats to drag away from the doors and attack. Again, free.
And finally he provided and fitted 'Automatic Power-Down' switches to both PCs and the television, speakers and associated recorders. And, you guessed it, that was also free.
Not only will our power bills be reduced we think we probably saved well over a $100 (and possibly nearer to $200) on the price of the products. As I said - woo hoo. I am happy to bad-mouth companies who don't do the right thing, so it seems more than fair to thank them when they do. And I am very, very pleased with the service offered and provided.
And it is raining gently. Joy and bliss.
A little while ago our electricity company sent a letter offering a 'free energy saving audit'. All we had to do was ring them and make an appointment.
Today their representative called around. He arrived five minutes early. Which was a shock in itself. Tradespeople NEVER arrive on time - and rarely will commit themselves to a time of arrival anyway.
Slowly, because they are expensive we have been replacing incandescent light globes with long life energy saving bulbs. Today ACTEW's representative replaced all of the ones we hadn't got to yet. The internal and external lights are now all energy savers. He replaced a dozen of them. Free.
He also fitted draft excluders to all the external doors. No more door snakes for the cats to drag away from the doors and attack. Again, free.
And finally he provided and fitted 'Automatic Power-Down' switches to both PCs and the television, speakers and associated recorders. And, you guessed it, that was also free.
Not only will our power bills be reduced we think we probably saved well over a $100 (and possibly nearer to $200) on the price of the products. As I said - woo hoo. I am happy to bad-mouth companies who don't do the right thing, so it seems more than fair to thank them when they do. And I am very, very pleased with the service offered and provided.
And it is raining gently. Joy and bliss.
