International. A new survey by Lennox Intl. Inc. found that while most homeowners pass the energy conservation test, they should review their knowledge of Energy Savings 101 if they want to make it to the top of the class while staying cool and keeping bills low this season.
The Lennox Home Energy Report, commissioned by Lennox Intl. Inc. and conducted by GfK Roper, found that saving money is an incentive for energy conservation. In fact, 29 percent of homeowners would rather walk around in their underwear than spend money to cool their home during the summer months.
As for energy conservation, 21 percent of homeowners gave themselves an "A" (a 4 percent increase from 2016), 45 percent gave themselves a "B" when ranking the energy efficiency of their homes (6 percent from 2016).
Although a large majority (93 percent) have taken steps to conserve energy, it is evident that a number of homeowners see an opportunity to increase efforts.
Homeowners save home energy to save money (64 percent, down 5 percent from 2016) on helping the environment; however, if money wasn't an object, they said they would be willing to invest in the following to increase energy efficiency: solar panels or appliances (39 percent this year, up from 32 percent in 2016), more efficient windows (19 percent), a high-efficiency air conditioner or oven (19 percent), an insulation (9 percent), a programmable thermostat (7 percent) and a high-efficiency water heater (5 percent).
