Residential Heating and Cooling:
Table of Contents

Heating, cooling, and ventilating your home comprises a large portion of your energy bill. Purchasing more energy-efficient appliances and operating and maintaining your existing applicances more effectively can dramatically reduce your energy bill while making your home more comfortable.

Weatherization

• Introduction
• Insulation
• Improving comfort

Heating Systems

• Introduction
• Types of systems
• Replacing a system
• Selecting a system
• Upgrading your system
• Operation and maintenance

Cooling Systems

• Introduction
• How AC systems work
• Selecting a new system
• Locating your AC system
• Upgrading your system
• Operation and maintenance
• Reducing the need for AC

This section is based upon portions of the Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, an excellent, action-oriented book published periodically by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The Consumer Guide goes further in depth than the material here, covers several topics not discussed in this section, and has detailed lists of the most energy-efficient appliances for your home. Using information such as that presented in the Consumer Guide can help you lower your energy bill by hundreds of dollars a year while making your home a more pleasant place to live.

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