| Saving money gets more important every year, | | | | do is save you money, the second thing it will do |
| especially considering the current state of the | | | | is keep your home properly heated (which in turn |
| economy. Yes, the economy will get better, | | | | saves you money, it is a cyclical thing). How much |
| however the need to save money never changes | | | | money you will save will depend on the type of |
| and that is why using a high efficiency cost | | | | furnace that you purchase as well as the type of |
| effective heating source for your home is so | | | | windows and doors you have in your home. If |
| important. If you have an older furnace, especially | | | | you are updating your furnace, now might be a |
| one made prior to 1992, then it is time for your | | | | good time for you to call your electric company |
| to move to a High Efficiency Gas Furnace for | | | | and ask them to do a complementary inspection |
| your heating needs. Prior to 1992 there were no | | | | of your home to determine if you have any |
| electric furnaces, which means that your pilot light | | | | areas that are causing you to waste energy in |
| is on at all times, causing your electric bill to | | | | your home (many power companies offer this |
| increase every day. | | | | service, even if they don't advertise it, so make |
| A High Efficiency Gas Furnace is a furnace that is | | | | sure you ask). |
| rated on its sticker between 90% and 97% by | | | | Using a better gas furnace is going to keep your |
| the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating and | | | | home more comfortable as well. An inefficient |
| Air Conditioning Engineers). This rating is called the | | | | system usually does not read a thermostat |
| AFUE (annual fuel utilization efficiency). What this | | | | correctly, which means that your system may |
| number means is that if a unit is rated 90% | | | | have been heating when it shouldn't have been |
| efficient, then it only wastes 10% of the energy | | | | and not running when it should have been. A High |
| it utilizes. If it is rated 97%, then it only wastes | | | | Efficiency Gas Furnace is going to resolve that |
| 3% of the energy created. | | | | problem as well as provide you with a much lower |
| Choosing a High Efficiency Gas Furnace is going to | | | | electric bill each and every month during the |
| do two things for your home. The first thing it will | | | | winter. |