Make informed HVAC choices that support comfort, savings, and sustainability.
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What should I recycle, and where? Can I get a rebate for trading in old appliances? Explore recycling programs in your community
New homes become green-energy innovations. A guide for homeowners and contractors to design a home to be more energy-efficient and eco-friendly
If your heating and air conditioning system is not properly installed and maintained, it could increase your utility bills by as much as 30%. When maintenance is neglected, performance drops while energy use and cost increase!
Meeting government standards. Will it affect you? Higher SEER requirements mean cost savings and energy efficiency. Refrigerant upgrades. Innovation leads the way.
Clear definitions for essential HVAC terms—from SEER ratings to eco-friendly refrigerants—so you can make informed decisions about your home's comfort and energy savings.
Every time you buy a home appliance, tune up your heating system, or replace a burned-out light bulb, you're making a decision that affects the environment. You are probably already aware that most of our biggest environmental problems are directly associated with energy production and use: urban smog, oil spills, acid rain, and global warming, to mention a few.
But you may not realize just how big a difference each of us can make by taking energy use into account in our household purchasing and maintenance decisions. For an average household with two cars, energy used in the house accounts for half of that household's total energy expenditures. In fact, choosing energy-efficient appliances is one way you can immediately reduce your contribution to global climate change.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is the primary gas contributing to global warming, and virtually all energy-using equipment results in CO₂ emissions either directly or indirectly. Most of your electricity is likely to come from burning coal or gas at the power plant.
By replacing a 20-year-old refrigerator with a new, energy-efficient model, you will also reduce your home's CO₂ contribution by about one ton per year while saving about $80 in reduced electric bills.
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