Category: Heating
Heat and Cool Your House With A Geothermal Home System
What is geothermal heating and cooling, and what are the benefits? Geothermal heating/cooling systems are 300-600% more energy efficient than traditional systems. They use less energy even during the coldest winters, emit less CO2 into the atmosphere, and last longer. See how they are used and why one may be right for you.
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Fresh Air For Your Family: Deciding Whether an ERV or HRV is Right For You
Home building has come a long way in the last 50 years. New standards for improved insulation values and air-tightness have enabled huge boosts in energy efficiency. But these improvements come with a risk of poor indoor air quality and moisture retention. Heat Recovery Ventilation (HRV) and Energy Recovery Ventilation (ERV) are air exchange systems that not only offer great benefits for your home and your health, but can also help in saving money from your utility bills.
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Six Steps to Success with Heat Recovery Ventilation
While HRV equipment is well-design and durable, the technology has been plagued by poor installation practices that reduce their value. “In all my many years in the HVAC industry,” says Manclark. “I have never seen anything screwed up as much as HRVs.” Here are the six steps to success for selecting and installing HRVs.
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Lennox Ultra-Low NOx Gas Furnaces
Lennox Industries, a leading provider of innovative home comfort solutions, recently launched...
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What Exactly is a Heat Pump?
Today’s mini lesson will give you a good foundation for understanding heat pumps, including the commonly used air-source heat pumps, geothermal systems, and mini split systems. It’s a complex subject and you can get much more detailed information online or in books. But my goal today is to give you enough knowledge so you partner with your HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) consultant to determine whether a heat pump is the right choice for you.
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How to Choose the Greenest Heating Option for Your Home
Though your heating system might not be something you think about unless your utility bills are high or your abode isn’t cozy enough, there are several home heating options that both provide adequate heat and are more resource efficient. Keep reading to get general tips about making smart heating decisions, and learn about possibilities you can pursue.
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The Complete Guide to Wood-Burning Stoves
There’s nothing quite like the warm glow of a fire on a chilly night. A gas fireplace or furnace heating system may warm the body, but a wood fire warms the spirit. Traditional fireplaces, however, can be resource demanding, messy, and inefficient. So what’s the best way to experience the magic of a fire in your home? Read on for our complete guide to wood-burning stoves.
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Morsø Wood-Burning Stoves
Wood – unlike oil, coal, or gas – is a renewable resource and can be reproduced by planting new trees to replace those cut down. The neutral CO2-cycle can, therefore, be maintained – generation after generation. But, this can only happen if the wood is burned efficiently. Morsø’s many years of experience and constant development mean that today, each and every one of the stoves are among the most efficient combustion systems in the world.
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