How Efficient is Your Water Heater?Water heating accounts for approximately 15 percent of the average household’s total energy consumption. If your water heater is more than 10 years old it is likely running at less than 50 percent efficiency.To purchase the most efficient storage water heater for your needs, you need to know two numbers: first-hour rating (FHR) and energy factor (EF).FHR represents the amount of hot water your family uses during its busiest hour; the U.S. Department of Energy o
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Green Tip for Today
August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Plumbing News
Tags:10 Years·Department Of Energy·Efficiency·Energy Consumption·Energy Factor·Fhr·Hot Water·Household·San Francisco plumber·Storage Water·Tankless Water Heaters·U S Department·Water Heater·Water Heating
Swimming Pool Retrofit: Save Energy And Dollars On Your Backyard Paradise
July 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Plumbing News
By Paula Minahan Swimming pools are a big draw in summer, but when it comes to energy consumption, they can be a big drain. Award-winning green architect Peter Pfeiffer shared his own experience on how to reduce “pain at the pump”: Here’s a great story about building my own home. We installed solar panels on the roof through a city program that pays 70% of the system’s cost. It was a $25,000 system and we ended up paying about $6,500; the city paid the rest. The system saves us about $35-$50
Tags:Architect·Energy Consumption·Minahan·Pain At The Pump·Peter Pfeiffer·San Francisco plumber·Solar Panels·Swimming Pool·Swimming Pools
Hybrid Technology Provides Energy and Water Savings (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
June 20th, 2008 · Comments Off · Plumbing News
Home and business owners frustrated by rising energy costs and water restrictions now have an option, the new Eternal hybrid water heating system by Grand Hall delivers endless hot water on-demand while saving energy and lowering water consumption.
Tags:Business Owners·Energy Consumption·Energy Costs·Energy Savings·Finance Business·Hot Water On Demand·Hybrid Technology·Pr Newswire·Rising Energy·Saving Energy·Technology Pr·Water Consumption·Water Heating·Water Restrictions·Water Savings·Water System·Yahoo·Yahoo Business·Yahoo Finance
Thin rooftop panels help house produce its own power (Miami Herald)
June 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Plumbing News
With South Florida already setting summer heat records, power bills may set even higher records this summer. But Ken Fields, who lives in a three-bedroom, three-bath house on Miami Beach, has just installed a roof-top photovoltaic system and is dramatically reducing his energy consumption in a first step to going off the grid.
Tags:Bath House·Energy Consumption·Going Off The Grid·Heat Records·Ken Fields·Miami Beach·Miami Florida·Miami Herald·Power Bills·South Florida·Summer Heat
