SPRING CLEANING AND ENERGY CONVERSATION - The Cleanables
importance of spring cleaning
Written By : Manal Zafar

 

The Spring season is usually renowned for blooming flowers and birds and it’s bad that your home is stuck in winter blues. On the arrival of Spring season, you must do tip-top cleaning of your house. Deep spring cleaning has become a tradition now. A clean and well-organized way of living is attractive and appealing. The spring cleaning promotes wellness along with a healthy environment. The spring cleaning helps us to start a new fresh feeling. After the wet and cold season, the house needs proper deep scrub. you will find most of the spring cleaning tips listed below.

In order to restore the previous glory of the house, spring cleaning is necessary. As after cold and wet season vacations start. And people go on vacations, or your child’s school starts. With the different ways you can spring clean your residence and along with it, different energy conservation strategies are adopted in order to save energy. In addition, you know plenty of ways to create energy-efficient upgrades for keeping a sound and clean environment.

Air ducts and vent cleaning – for energy conservation process:

Firstly, cleaning the vent and air duct is necessary for good ventilation. wipe out the stagnant debris and dirt. Also, Check that the vent is blocked due to dirt then remove all the collected dirt. For a better and airy environment ducts should be kept clean. Most of the time when air passes through the vents/ system if they are loaded with dirt and grime it requires great energy consumption and a less airy environment. Cleaning debris from vents gives fresh air to inhale and also assists in lengthening the span of your system.

Use of Air filter – for Fresh Air to inhale:

The purpose of the air filter is to abstain the dirt particles and debris and provide fresh air. The Net in the air filters screens/ filter out the dirt and provides clean air. Usually after working for some duration filters got the debris layer that is stuck to the airways. so, coating of dirt cause bad and dirty air to enter thus deep cleaning is necessary in order to inhale the air. Using an efficient air filter saves up your energy cost by 15%. It is better to adopt/ buy air filters with replaceable filters.

Switch to Cost-effective and Energy efficient Bulbs:

Analyse which bulbs you are using while cleaning and wiping the ceiling bulb and lamp shades.  You know with the innovation LED bulb gets in the market and is both cost-effective and utilize 70% -80% less energy than normal bulbs. So, if you are not using them it’s time to switch to the LED bulb. This has the capacity to save your money and energy resources as well.

Some potential features of switching to LED bulbs are;

  • They are long-lasting and effective for years than other bulbs.
  • They save money and energy both.
  • The smart and advanced LED bulbs help you to maintain dim and bright light with the device.

Inspect and scan windows and doors :

Doors and windows maintenance is also necessary during spring cleaning. Examine all the open holes in the window and door while wiping smudge and debris. See the major cracks and holes as well and repair them with the door stopper. If window nets bear any holes quick patch them up as flies and mosquitoes are barriers by the widow net.

Some other accessory spring cleaning Tips:

 

  1. Involve your household to spring clean the clutter:

Assign different cleaning tasks according to age. Youngsters being active and sharp make ways to sort out things efficiently. You will get excellent help from them when you set up some rewards for them. But you must keep an eye on their work and actions sometime neglected attitude leads to difficulty.

  1. Organize the things and throw away extra bulk:

So, many things that we have in our house are counted as extra as they are of no use and only occupy space. So sort your store and extra things that you have once stalked and didn’t get rid of it. Use this tip in spring cleaning and organize your home in a better way.

  1. Adopt a New Cleaning skill:

Establish a thorough cleaning habit and take out almost 15-20 mins daily to do house chores. Don’t do the spring cleaning for an entire day but spare some time on a daily basis for tidying up the things.