Jan 8, 2010
Posted by jeremyscheller in green | 1 Comment
I'm a sucker for high efficiency…
With our new furnace:
- we heated 1 extra bedroom
- had a lower electric bill (1 room switched from electric baseboards to gas)
- used 32% less natural gas over the same time period last year.
The average temperature was roughly the same, so I’d say this is going to save some money in the long run. I should mention too that we’ve been keeping the house a little warmer this year. Chilly toes don’t agree with my pregnant wife so much this year. Thermostat is set to 71 when we’re home compared to 67/68 like I like to have it.
For this month alone, using last year’s natural gas rate as a comparison, we saved approximately $76 on natural gas for the month of December with our 95% efficiency furnace.
Good for budget, good for earth. Of course, I’ll be paying off the furnace/air conditioner/air filtration system for the next 5 years, but what the heck, huh…
dig it.