Determining your Delivery Schedule
There’s a lot of thought that goes into setting up our daily delivery schedules. Behind the scenes, our computer system does a series of calculations – and some of them are even custom to your home!
We look at Degree Days.
Degree days are a weather measurement of how hot or cold a day is by comparing the average outdoor temperature recorded for a location to a standard indoor temperature (usually 65°F in the United States). The more extreme the outside temperature, the higher the number of degree days.
What does that mean for you?
The colder the weather = higher number of degree days = more energy used to heat your home = more frequent SmartBiofuel or Propane deliveries.
We calculate a K-Factor.
The number of degree days is then part of a bigger equation to determine how long one gallon of fuel will keep a specific home at 65°F. This number rarely changes and is based on your home’s square footage, insulation, windows, furnace efficiency, thermostat settings, hot water setting etc.
What does that mean for you?
When we track your K-Factor, we can more accurately predict how quickly you’ll use the gallons in your tank. If you’re an auto-delivery customer, we can then get you on our delivery schedule before you risk running low on SmartBiofuel or Propane.
Our industry has been around a long time and we’re fortunate that it continues to adopt technology to make serving customers even better!
Setting up our weekly delivery schedule relies on a lot of behind-the-scenes work – computer systems, weather calculations, and lots of geography to build out the most efficient routes that gets fuel to our customers when they need it. It’s one of the big reasons why we encourage you to sign up for auto-delivery. You won’t need to worry about how fast you can get on our delivery schedule – you’ll already be on it!
If you’re interested in switching to automatic delivery, give us a call at 860.583.4609 and we’ll talk you through all the benefits of making the move, like our Make the Switch Credit.