Are you searching for ways to improve energy efficiency at your rental property? If so, you’ve come to the right place!

Offering your tenants an energy efficient rental is a great way to not only attract millennials but it’s also an excellent way to attract people who are serious about conservation and want to live in an energy efficient rental property.

How To Improve Energy Efficiency At Your Rental

Replace the Thermostat

Digital programmable thermostats make it easy for residents to control energy usage by setting the thermostat on a schedule. If you can afford it, smart thermostats conveniently connect to smart phones. This makes it easy for your renters to change the thermostat on the go, allowing you to significantly improve energy efficiency over time.

How to Improve Energy Efficiency: Tip #3

Save Water

New and improved water-efficient fixtures can save water, energy, and money without sacrificing performance. Your choice of faucets, shower heads, and toilets can reduce your indoor water use by at least 20%. If you don’t want to replace all of your fixtures at once, start with those that you use the most. Be sure to purchase fixtures that are WaterSense labeled, a registered mark of the EPA.

How to Improve Energy Efficiency: Tip #4

Don’t Forget Interior Design

While upgraded features and technologies can always help you to improve energy efficiency and attract new renters, interior design updates have the potential to do so as well.

For example, painting your walls in pastels and light-hued neutrals reflects more light, allowing tenants to use less energy to brighten the space. Similar interior design tricks include:

• Hanging window treatments to keep cold air out in the winter, and hot sun out in the summer

• Adding area rugs to keep warm air from escaping through hardwood floors

• Trees to block harsh winter winds and summer sun

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