Ceiling fans are an excellent way to save money on cooling and heating costs in your home during winter and summer. Designed for the sole purposes of circulating air to distribute heat, they can help you pare down your electric bill. If you are having a difficult time keeping your home warm or cool in the peak seasons, then consider installing ceiling fans to evenly distribute and moderate your home's temperature. 

Spring and Summer Ceiling Fan Uses

In the spring, when the temperature fluctuates, your home may go through several different stages of hot and cold. This sometimes causes homeowners to blast the AC to cool down a hot, stifling home one day, and then turn the heat on to warm up when temperatures plummet overnight. But you won't have to do as much of this if you can regulate the indoor temperature. Ceiling fans can move the hotter air down to warm up the room when it gets too cold. They can also circulate cooler air to help cool down your home.

How Ceiling Fans Heat and Cool Your Home

A ceiling fan pushes air around the home, so temperatures stay moderately the same wherever you are inside the home. This can decrease the need to turn up the A/C in one room, which reduces the electricity cost. Ceiling fans can also help to move air from one room to another to help even out temperatures from the living room and upstairs bedrooms. In some cases, rooms on the southern side of a home may get extremely hot due to exposure to the sun during the day, while the rooms on the shadier side of the home are much cooler. Installing ceiling fans will help to moderate temperatures between the two rooms. 

Winter Ceiling Fan Benefits

When winter rolls around, hefty heating bills can really cut into a budget. Heating your home is costly, and it is often very inefficient because of the way heating systems work. Some heating systems will blow hot air into rooms, while others simply radiate heat. This can make certain parts of the home very hot, like the center of the home, and bedrooms on upper floors. Rooms along the outside of the home with more windows can be cold; this can cause a homeowner to crank up the heat, especially when they are sleeping in a room that is typically colder than the rest. 

A good ceiling fan will force the hot air down from the ceiling and push it around the house so the heated air can even the temperature between the rooms. This has the effect of heating rooms where there are "cold spots" or a lack of radiated heat from the heating system. In turn, this can help reduce the overall cost of heating a home. 

Ready to keep your home cool during summer? Talk to a specialist at Northern Lighting about ceiling fan options for your home today.