Not exact matches
The government has also recently announced that $ 200 million from cap - and - trade proceeds will be
used to establish a fund for schools to improve energy
efficiency, such as installing new windows, lights and
furnaces, as well, up to $ 657 million over five years will be
used for social housing repairs and retrofits.
If your
furnace is working at peak
efficiency it will
use less energy and cost less to operate.
In addition, the Senate bill adopted consensus minimum
efficiency standards on residential air conditioners,
furnaces and heat pumps, pole - mounted outdoor lights (e.g., street lights), drinking water dispensers, hot food holding cabinets (
used to serve food in hospitals), and hot tubs.
Such
efficiency is achieved by combined heat and power systems, which
use wood to produce both heat and electricity, and by some modern
furnaces that burn wood pellets made of dried, ground and pressed wood residues.
Energy
efficiency measures, such as adopting the most efficient blast
furnace systems in
use today and the complete recovery of
used steel, could reduce energy
use in the steel industry by 23 percent.
For example, consider
using a high
efficiency furnace that can result in a 40 per cent increase in heat compared to conventional
furnaces.
Shane Kenny, founder of the subscription air filter company FilterSnap, recommends
using the beginning of the year as a time to take care of many routine home maintenance tasks, such as changing the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, vacuuming the refrigerator coils and checking its seals to improve
efficiency and changing refrigerator water filters and
furnace air filters.