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Monthly bill$220

Home size2,000

Rate (¢/kWh)17¢

Upgrades2

Upgrades = smart thermostat, LED, insulation, heat pump… each trims estimated usage.

Estimate, not a guarantee.Rounded for guidance. Your figures depend on your home, local rates, and usage.

How we calculate this

Formula: Annual cost ≈ the average of (your bill × 12) and that figure adjusted for home size and local rate. Savings = annual cost × the modelled reduction for the number of upgrades selected (capped at 34%).

Assumptions:

Your monthly bill is representative of the year, not a single peak month.
The home-size adjustment is anchored on a 2,000 sq ft baseline.
Each upgrade contributes a typical reduction drawn from DOE / Energy Star guidance — not a measured result for your home.

Limits: It cannot see your meter, your appliances, or your climate zone. Treat it as a ballpark for prioritising where to look, not a prediction of next year's bill.

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration · U.S. Department of Energy

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Every figure is a modelled estimate from public data — U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Star, the EIA, and NREL — with its assumptions, limits, and sources printed alongside it. We have not tested products in a lab, and we say so wherever it matters.

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