This is the first post in a series on the basics of energy use in your home. This series will be a foundation of knowledge upon which to build more complex understandings and discuss more detailed topics. So, let’s start as basic as it gets: Where does the typical house 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 »