| If you're looking for an energy efficient furnace, | | | | and take it out. This type of system can also |
| you should know a little bit about the types of | | | | come in a geothermal unit, which uses the natural |
| furnaces that are available so that you can make | | | | heat and coolness of the earth to generate heat |
| the best decision for your home and your budget. | | | | or air conditioning. |
| There are plenty of different types of furnaces | | | | The most efficient type of heating system is a |
| available, but we'll only discuss a few types that | | | | geothermal heat pump, but this system can cost |
| use energy most efficiently. | | | | a lot of money to install. It may pay for itself |
| Central Warm-Air Furnace: This type of furnace | | | | over time, but you'll want to know that you will |
| basically heats air in a combustor or resistance | | | | live in or use the building where you're installing it |
| unit, which can run on electricity, oil, or gas, and | | | | for decades to come to know that you'll get your |
| pushes the air through the home. The system | | | | money back out of it. |
| can either rely on the natural flow of hot and cold | | | | The second most affordable type of heating |
| air, which is a gravity system, or fans, which are | | | | system is a central heating system that runs on |
| called forced-air systems, to get heat through the | | | | natural gas. Natural gas is cheap in most places, |
| home. | | | | and it can be used to power everything from |
| Hot Water and Steam Systems: These types of | | | | your furnace to your water heater to your stove. |
| central furnaces push steam or hot water | | | | Besides this, natural gas doesn't leave a lot of |
| through pipes, which are either in those | | | | environmental residue. Oil, on the other hand, can |
| old-fashioned radiators many older homes will | | | | be quite expensive, and it leaves residue in your |
| have or are embedded in the walls, floors, and | | | | home and in the environment. If you can't get |
| ceilings of the home. This type of system can be | | | | natural gas in your area, though, oil may be the |
| combined with a coil unit that can also help cool a | | | | choice you'll have to make. |
| home. | | | | For the best savings on your heating and cooling |
| Heat Pump: This type of system uses the same | | | | bill, you should install a furnace or dual heating and |
| sort of compressor that is found on a | | | | cooling system that is at least 80% efficient. This |
| refrigerator to either pull heat out of the outside | | | | means that the system actually uses 80% of the |
| air and bring it in or to pull heat from the inside air | | | | fuel injected into it to heat or cool your home. |