{"id":360,"date":"2018-04-03T01:56:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T01:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/?p=360"},"modified":"2018-04-03T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T16:31:38","slug":"412018-home-heating-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/2018\/04\/03\/412018-home-heating-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/1\/2018 Home Heating Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Don\u2019t Get Steamed Over Home Heating Costs<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The average Maine homeowner spends between $2000 and $5000 per year on fuel to heat a family home. \u00a0 Added to this annual expense is the amortized cost of purchasing and maintaining a heating system which can be as high 25% of the annual fuel price. \u00a0Efficiency Maine has an excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.efficiencymaine.com\/at-home\/home-energy-savings-program\/heating-cost-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fuel cost comparison tool<\/a> to allow consumers to compare current fuel costs for a typical Maine home, but not all heating system decisions come down to cost. \u00a0 The optimal heating system choice will depend on age and design of the home, existing heating system, fuel availability, service and maintenance costs, and home owner desire to reduce carbon production.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Home Heating Systems\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ha7ET_Czh8U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/files\/2018\/04\/typical-heating-systems.pptx\">typical heating systems<\/a><\/p>\n<p>System 2000 Accel Gas Condensing Boiler: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energykinetics.com\/accel-cs-condensing-boiler.shtml\">http:\/\/www.energykinetics.com\/accel-cs-condensing-boiler.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>System 2000 Oil Boiler: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energykinetics.com\/system2000-quietest-most-efficient-boiler.shtml\">http:\/\/www.energykinetics.com\/system2000-quietest-most-efficient-boiler.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kedel Boiler: <a href=\"http:\/\/kedelboilers.com\/meet-kedel\/our-pellet-boiler\/\">http:\/\/kedelboilers.com\/meet-kedel\/our-pellet-boiler\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mitsubishi Heat Pump: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitsubishicomfort.com\/\">http:\/\/www.mitsubishicomfort.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Get Steamed Over Home Heating Costs The average Maine homeowner spends between $2000 and $5000 per year on fuel to heat a family home. \u00a0 Added to this annual expense is the amortized cost of purchasing and maintaining a heating system which can be as high 25% of the annual fuel price. \u00a0Efficiency Maine &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/2018\/04\/03\/412018-home-heating-systems\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;4\/1\/2018 Home Heating Systems&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/joules2dollars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}