In recent years, there’s been discussion at the city and state levels about legislation that would require new construction homes to use electricity instead of natural gas. In 2007, the city of Bellingham created the Climate Protection Action Plan Update and in 2021, Governor Inslee drafted the Climate Policy Read more »
A client recently asked me how much it costs to raise her home's temp during the day. This is a simple way you can get that same info (this is a different cost from maintaining that temp): For gas heating systems: Get a stable home temp (turn the thermostat Read more »
Heat pumps deliver more heat to your home than they consume. How? The magic is in the ability of refrigerants to absorb heat when they expand, and release it when they compress. The refrigerant is compressed inside a home, releasing heat, then moved through pipes and allowed to expand in copper tubes outside, absorbing Read more »
Given the same mechanism for heat transfer (blowing air over a heating element, for example) gas and electricity use the same amount of energy to heat the same volume of air. Energy is measured in many different units, but generally British Thermal Units (BTUs) for gas and kilowatt hours (KWh) Read more »
A client recently told me that during the depths of last winter, he was spending upwards of $1000 per month on propane. My first thoughts were that the house was too leaky, or not insulated, or that the ductwork was shot. But, through diagnostic testing, I realized that the real Read more »