Sentences with phrase «high home heating costs»

Despite its considerable advantages, fuelwood is not a good solution for all households to the problems of high home heating costs and global warming.

Public support is high until higher home heating costs or higher gas taxes are considered... then support largely evaporates.

This response would be consistent with higher home heating costs.

Not exact matches

Because gas is not evenly distributed around the world, and when regions such as China and Korea look to import gas to heat their homes, these high transportation costs mean that large regional price differences can occur.

But, what has impressed me most of all is Richard Becker's resourcefulness and creativity evidenced by his role while a member of the Cortlandt Town Board in bringing about the innovative Cortlandt Heating Oil Plan (CHOP), which at the height of the economic crisis provided both heating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heatiHeating Oil Plan (CHOP), which at the height of the economic crisis provided both heating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heatiheating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heatingheating oil.

In the past ten years alone, energy costs have risen eight times higher than earnings (1) forcing millions to choose between heating their homes or putting food on the table.

Fuel poverty means that the cost of heating a person's home is high and significantly impacts on their remaining income.

Other cost - effective changes cited in the report include massive boosts to energy efficiency in industry and home heating, and reducing transport emissions through more efficient vehicles, more compact cities and more high - speed rail to cut air miles.

Home Warranty Policy: An optional policy that is available that protects a homeowner against the cost of high repair bills for one year if the heating, plumbing, air conditioning or appliances break down.

While some of the systems carry high up - front costs (especially ground - source heat pumps) when a home is built is the best and most efficient time to include these design elements.

Feeling rising pressure in the campaign over high gas prices (and the looming specter of extraordinary home heating costs this fall), he shifted his stance to considering some new offshore drilling if it was part of a comprehensive energy agreement including big investments and incentives for nonpolluting energy technologies.

O'Donnell said this information would prevent heat pumps being grossly undersized, but warned of the risk of comfort - taking — the phenomenon where building occupants take back the benefits of energy efficiency improvements by heating their home to higher temperatures — causing energy use to increase, given the low running cost.

In the current market, using excessive amounts of energy (for eg high home heating) will not cost you much.

But for homes without central air conditioners, the cost to install a heat pump is higher, and the median simple payback was nearly 15 years, although just over 10 % of homes have simple payback periods of five years or less.

The upfront cost might seem a little high, but if your system continues to work highly efficiently to heat and cool your home, you'll save money in the long run.

Comparing the operational costs associated with heating the same water volume using electricity or natural gas allows your Realtor to demand a higher price for your home.

In addition, such features as efficient plumbing fixtures, high quality windows, enhanced insulation, reduce water consumption, space heating, Energy Star appliances & compact fluorescent lighting all lend themselves to reduced energy cost for home owners.

It's easy to understand why home buyers tend to favor greener houses; often the higher a home's energy efficiency, the more money is potentially saved in monthly heating and cooling costs.

Also, new homes today are built with such high energy efficiency standards to help with the cost that I'm sure with this price of a home it might cost less to cool / heat than you'd think.