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From YouTube: This Week in Ames
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Learn about energy saving tips and tools available through Ames Electric Services.
A
A
B
There's
there's
two
seasons
everybody's
familiar
with
that
you
live
in
Iowa.
You
know
it
gets
hot
and
humid
in
the
summer
and
that's
a
season.
We
worry
about
high
bills,
but
the
wintertime
is
equally
is
cold
and
dry
and
then
we
worry
about
high
bills,
the
other
way.
So
if
you're,
not
air
conditioning,
then
you're
using
your
furnace
to
heat
the
house,
and
so
people
are
very
interested
right
now
and
what
they
can
do
to
conserve
energy
and
reduce
their
bills
and.
B
That's
we
didn't
have
much
of
a
fall
this
year,
it
just
kind
of
went
from
summer
into
cold
weather
and
and
that
catches
people
by
surprise
and
because
one
of
the
one
of
the
preparations,
if
you
will
for
the
heating
season,
is
to
have
your
your
system
checked.
It's
a
good
idea
to
have
a
professional
come
out
and
check
your
system
for
proper
operation
make
sure
it's
running
as
it
should
in
and
sometimes
we
think
well,
I've
got
plenty
of
time.
B
You
know
winners,
not
here
yet
weather
temperature
is
still
pretty
good
when
it
gets
cold
early.
Now
the
furnace
is
coming
on
and
it's
it's
a
little
more
difficult
to
sort
of
give
it
up
for
a
few
hours
to
have.
The
professionals
come
in
and
check
it.
So
it
does
catch
people
by
surprise
and
the
other
thing
that
we
don't
tend
to
do
is
we
don't
tend
to
prepare
our
homes
as
well
difficult
to
go
outside
and
maybe
do
some
caulking
or
some
some
things
around
the
house
when
it's
cold
so
but.
A
B
We
we
typically
have
the
question
that
comes
to
me.
We
typically
have
people
asking
you
know
what
can
I
do
to
save
energy
in
my
home,
because
a
lot
of
folks
are
busy
with
their
lives
they're,
not
necessarily
digging
into
the
corners
and
attics
and
basements
of
their
homes,
to
determine
what
they
can
do.
We
can
help
them
with
that
city
of
Ames
through
smart
energy
offers
a
free
energy
on
it,
and
that's
exactly
what
it's
for.
We
have
professionals
that
go
out.
They
do
an
in-depth
energy
audit.
B
They
look
at
things
like
attic,
insulation
and
heating,
and
air
conditioning
systems,
windows
and
doors
appliances,
water,
heater,
all
of
the
different
things
that
might
affect
energy
and
bills
and
and
then
they'll
put
all
that
information
together
in
a
report
to
go
back
to
the
customer
and
they'll
say:
here's
what
you
have,
here's
what
you
can
do
to
save
energy
and
here's
some
information
on
what
it
might
save
you.
So
there's
the
energy
audit,
but
there's
also
for
the
older
homes
homes
built
in
the
year
2000
before
we
also
add
a
blower
door
test.
B
The
blower
door
test
gives
the
customer
information
on
air
infiltration.
Is
your
house
of
leaking,
you
know
and
the
more
leaks,
the
more
cracks
that
it
has
and
the
more
energy
you're
wasting
so
yeah
we
can.
We
can
help
folks
with
their
energy
conservation
by
telling
them
what
it
is.
They
need
to
do
in
their
homes.
So.
A
The
free
energy
out
it's
a
great
way
at
course,
to
have
that
professional
right
there
with
you
showing
you
where
you
can
improve
your
home's
energy
efficiency,
but
also,
if
you
don't
have
a
lot
of
money
to
spend
on
energy
efficiency,
showing
you
that
low
hanging
fruit,
those
easy
things
to
do
as
easy.
As
changing
out
your
light
bulbs,
yeah.
B
B
Putting
in
a
new
light
bulb
one
that
uses
less
electricity,
adjusting
your
thermostat
for
someone
that
takes
their
thermostat
down
five
degrees
and
does
that
consistently
throughout
the
winter
they
can
save
fifteen
percent
on
their
bill.
It
could
be
as
easy
as
opening
the
drapes
and
letting
the
heating
rays
of
the
Sun
in
in
the
wintertime,
so
that
your
furnace
doesn't
have
to
work
as
hard.
You
might
look
into
adjusting
your
water
heater
temperature.
B
Maybe
it's
set
too
high,
so
there's
there's
a
number
of
things
that
can
be
done
that
essentially
don't
cost
anything,
and
then
there
are
some
other
things
that
have
a
small
cost.
You
know
maybe
putting
on
some
window
plastic
I'm
often
asked
as
window
plastic
really
help
well
yeah
it
does
you
create
an
air
space
that
has
an
insulating
value,
and
so
you
do
a
couple
of
things
you
can
reduce
the
air
infiltration
through
a
window.
B
You
can
also
help
insulate
so
putting
on
plastic
for
as
much
as
it
costs
you
get
more
than
that
back
in
savings,
and
so
it
makes
a
good
sense
to
do
that.
Things
like
weather,
stripping,
the
cost
for
weather
stripping,
isn't
huge,
but
it
has
a
huge
impact.
The
little
gaskets
that
you
put
behind
your
exterior
wall
switches
in
plug
plates
can
save
two
percent
on
your
on
your
heating
bill
over
the
wintertime
might
cost
you
five
bucks.
So
a
lot
of
free
things,
a
lot
of
low-cost
things.
B
A
One
that
if
you
wanted
to
invest,
maybe
a
little
bit
more
money,
some
of
those
things
that
we
all
have
in
our
house
that
are
running
all
the
time.
Your
refrigerator,
maybe
I,
dishwasher
a
wash
machine.
If
you
were
willing
to
upgrade
and
look
for
the
Energy,
Star
appliance
well
aims.
Lecture
services
has
some
help.
Yeah.
B
The
appliance
rebate
actually
is
our
most
popular
rebate.
I
wouldn't
have
guessed
that
so
many,
so
many
people,
trade
out
appliances
in
Ames
but
but
the
reality
is
people-
do
need
new
appliances
we'd
like
to
think
they
last
forever,
but
they
don't.
And
so,
if
you
replace
your
existing
refrigerator
freezer,
dishwasher
or
washing
machine
with
an
energy
star
certified
product,
then
there's
a
rebate
from
the
city
of
Ames
can
be
a
hundred
dollars
for
refrigerator
or
a
washing
machine.
Fifty
dollars
for
freezer
fifty
dollars
for
dishwasher,
and
so
the
basic
program.
B
I
guess,
is
to
go
out
and
look
at
a
standard
model.
And
then
you
want
to
look
at
the
energy
star-rated
model
and
then
you
want
to
determine
well,
ok,
I'm,
going
to
get
a
rebate
on
this
one.
Does
that
make
sense
for
me
to
make
that
purchase,
knowing
that,
depending
on
the
age
of
the
refrigerator,
you're,
probably
going
to
save
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
thirty
to
forty
percent,
just
on
the
upgrade
and
energy
efficiency
over
the
amount
of
energy,
the
old
one
used?
B
A
B
It's
actually
a
requirement
of
the
program
you
buy
a
new
refrigerator
or
freezer
and
a
lot
of
times
the
the
temptation
is
to
go.
Put
that
in
the
basement,
I'm
going
to
keep
popping
the
refrigerator.
I
can
use
another
freezer,
but
the
reality
would
be
then,
as
you've
just
added
electric
load
and
instead
of
saving
energy
now
you're
using
more
energy.
B
So
part
of
the
program
rules
are
that
if
you
replace
a
refrigerator,
you
have
to
give
us
proof
or
a
statement
that
you've
gotten
rid
of
the
old
one
same
thing
with
with
the
freezer,
so
we're
not
increasing
the
load.
The
way
the
programs
are
actually
funded
is
through
the
savings
that
the
utility
gets
a
not
having
to
provide
as
much
electricity
to
the
community.
So.
A
The
whole
goal
again
is
to
produce
less
electricity
to
use
less
electricity
and
then
obviously
to
have
lower
utility
bills
right
we
are
moving
into.
We
did
the
energy
audit,
we
talked
about
the
smarter
energy
appliance
rebate,
but
though
one
of
my
favorite
rebates
is
the
lighting
rebate
and
the
obviously
people
should
know
by
now
we're
moving
away
from
the
incandescent
light
bulb
the
traditional
light
bulb
into
ones
that
are
much
more
energy-efficient.
Talk
to
me
about
LED
light
bulbs,
LEDs.
B
Are
are
a
huge
success
story.
We
told
folks
just
two
years
ago,
install
compact
fluorescent
light
bulbs,
yes
they're
more
energy
efficient,
but
they
include
a
little
bit
of
mercury.
They
were
a
little
disappointing.
They
didn't
last
as
long
as
advertised,
and
so
people
really
were
looking
for
an
alternative.
The
incandescent,
sir.
They
kick
off
a
lot
of
heat.
Ninety-Five
percent
of
the
energy
output
in
an
electric
incandescent
bulb
is
wasted.
Heat
five
percent
is
the
actual
light
that
you
get
so
they're
hugely
inefficient.
Compacts
didn't
work
well
for
people
here
come
the
leds.
B
Leds
are
expensive
two
years
ago.
An
LED
light
bulb
would
have
cost
you
a
hundred
and
twenty
dollars,
but
prices
are
coming
down.
The
quality
is
getting
better.
Two
years
ago,
ninety-five
percent
of
the
rebates
we
paid
for
lighting
were
two
for
compact,
fluorescents,
very
small
percentage.
Leds,
that's
totally
flip
flop.
Now
today
we
see
probably
ninety
five
to
ninety
eight
percent
of
the
rebates
paid
for
lighting
or
LED
and
very
few
for
compact
fluorescents
and
still
see
a
few.
But
not
very
many
LED
is
solid
state
lighting.
B
It
works
it
if
there's
cold
temperatures
outside
where
fluorescence,
wouldn't
it's
a
good
quality
light
they've
done
a
very
good
job,
they
being
the
the
research
and
development
folks.
The
manufacturers
have
done
a
good
job
at
allowing
the
light
to
disperse
now,
so
that
you
can
use
them
and
all
for
all
uses,
whether
it's
reading
lamp
or
can
fixture
just
a
really
good
alternative,
and
probably
the
best
news
is
the
prices
have
come
down.
B
B
The
life
expectancy
of
an
LED
is
based
on
the
number
of
hours,
the
average
number
of
hours
that
we
see
in
Ames.
You
know
maybe
being
four
hours
a
day,
even
if
it
was
six
hours
a
day
that
bulbs
probably
going
to
last
you
about
twenty
years,
whereas
an
incandescent
that
the
idea
is
is
that
there
are
50,000
to
100,000
our
bulbs,
whereas
an
incandescent
bulb
might
have
lasted
a
thousand
hours
and
a
compact
fluorescent
might
have
lasted
six
to
eight
thousand
hours,
and
so
it's
just
a
huge
difference.
B
B
So
you
put
an
LED
up
there
and
you
can
forget
about
it
and
they're,
also
very
good
for
areas
where
you
need
a
good
white
bright
light,
for
instance,
for
a
street
lighting
they're
excellent,
because
studies
have
shown
that
the
light
actually
does
a
better
job
of
taking
away
dark
spots
and
in
the
periphery
or
the
out
of
reach
of
the
of
the
spread
of
the
light,
so
that
safety
is
actually
improved
under
LED
lights,
as
opposed
to
old,
high
pressure,
sodium
lights
and
the
city
saves
energy
when
they
install
them.
So
well.
A
B
I
think
LED
is
sort
of
here
to
stay
and
they're
only
going
to
get
better
and
the
prices
are
going
to
continue
to
come
down
the
difficult
part.
If
there
is
one,
is
trying
to
determine
what
wattage
to
buy
and
the
reason
is
because
they're
getting
better
at
producing
more
light
per
watt
and
so
we're
a
year
or
two
ago
you
might
have
purchased
a
13
watt,
LED
or
down
and
maybe
buying
a
9
watt.
Led
does
the
same
thing
in
terms
of
replacing
your
60
watt
incandescent.
B
A
A
Again,
if
you
want
more
information
about
the
city
of
Ames,
smart
energy
rebates,
you
can
go
to
our
website
at
City,
mames
org,
slash,
smart
energy.
You
can
get
a
direct
link
right
to
those
rebates.
Also,
you
can
always
call
Steve
Wilson
the
energy
guy
at
515
to
395
177.
Well,
that's
our
show
for
today,
thanks
for
watching
and
tune
in
next
week.
For
this
weekend,
Ames.