Heating can account for 40 percent of your household energy costs.
A geothermal heat pump can lower energy costs by 30 to 50 percent compared to traditional heating and cooling systems.
Using a programmable thermostat to lower the temperature ten degrees over an eight-hour period can reduce your heating costs by 10 percent.
If just one in ten households bought EnergyStar heating and cooling equipment, the change would keep over 17 billion pounds of pollution out of the air.
Heating contractors says simple dust and dirt are the cause of almost half of all their service calls.
Each year, U.S. residential duct leakage costs consumers $5 billion. This energy loss is equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 13 million cars.
A wood-burning fireplace can exhaust as much as 24,000 cubic feet of air to the outside.
A $50 programmable thermostat can pay for itself in energy savings in just one heating season.
Adding a zoned thermostat system to a high-efficiency natural gas furnace can help you save an additional 10-15 percent on your energy bills.
About one-sixth of all the electricity generated in the United States is used to air-condition buildings.
Most ceiling fans use as much electricity as a 100-watt incandescent bulb.
Radiant floor heating can be up to 20 percent more energy-efficient than forced-air systems.
Conventional space heating systems in the United States are responsible for a billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) and about 12 percent of the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted by the nation.
Duct systems in houses and offices typically leak 15 to 30 percent of the air passing through them.
Using a whole-house fan instead of your central air conditioner can lower your cooling costs by 30 percent.
One well-placed shade tree can lower your summer air conditioning costs by 25 percent.
Even if your air conditioner is only 10 years old, you could save 20 to 40 percent of your cooling energy costs by replacing it with a newer, more efficient model. |
