What have you been paying for natural gas during the heating season? Chances are you have been paying too much. Every year more and more customers are switching to higher efficiency furnaces when their old unit gives up and stops working. The 98% efficient furnace has gotten many people to take the first step towards going green. In the past, going green meant you spent more money than the average person in your quest to save the planet. Today going green means you save green.
What’s Wrong with the Unit You have Now?
The average home now has an 80 % AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency) furnace and a 10 SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) air conditioning system. Both of these systems are inefficient compared to the new industry standards, and if you have been operating these systems in your home for several years, odds are they aren’t even working at these levels. 80 % AFUE furnaces have been the least efficient furnace sold for about two decades in the United States. Today the cost /savings ratio on the new 95% and 98% furnaces have made upgrading a financially smart thing to do.
80% Vs 98%
How do the 80% and 98% units compare? Simply put, an 80% AFUE furnace allows 20% of the heat generated to leave your house up the chimney. That is lost money and lost energy. A 98% AFUE furnace only allows 2% of the heat generated by the furnace to be lost. I did the math. 20% minus 2% means you are saving 18% of lost heat through furnace exhaust. Add in other special features that allow the 98% unit to warm the home more quickly, therefore allowing the furnace to run less often, and the percentage saved could be even greater! That can add up to big savings even during the mildest of winters.
A Consequence You can Live With
Are there any drawbacks to upgrading your currant heating system to a higher efficiency unit? Lower gas bills are the only consequence we can think of, but wait that’s a good thing! At this time, with the technology used in the new 95% and 98% there are no major drawbacks to upgrading your system. Sad to say, most people are unaware they could be saving so much money on their utility bills without compromising on home comfort.
Saving money and saving the planet now are one in the same. The high efficiency technology used in the new heating and cooling systems is now affordable to anyone that wants it. What are you waiting for? Check out the new systems from Four Seasons Heating and Air Conditioning and see for yourself how going green and saving money are one in the same.
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