Heating + Cooling Your Home
- Table of contents
- How this guide can help you
- Before you start
- Heating systems
- Distribution systems
- Energy sources and equipment options
- Cooling systems
- Hot water + how to heat it
- Comparison shopping
- Replacing your system
- Advice and information
- Glossary of terms
- Efficiency ratings
- Comparing Energy Costs
- PDF Version
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: How this guide can help you
- Information for homeowners who are thinking of replacing heating and cooling equipment and those who are building a new home. > >
CHAPTER 2: Before you start
- Things you should do first; Why Energy Efficiency Matters; How your energy
dollar is spent; the Energy Efficiency Act of Ontario; the EnerGuide and ENERGY STAR ® * Programs > >
(* Reproduced with permission of the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, 2003)
CHAPTER 3: Heating Units and Controls
- What you need to know about furnaces, boilers, space heaters and heat pumps; the role of combustion; air quality > >
CHAPTER 4: Distribution systems
- The three types: forced air, hot water (hydronic) and space heating systems > >
CHAPTER 5: Energy sources and equipment options
- A look at your options: natural gas, propane, oil, electricity, heat pumps, earth energy systems, wood and solar energy; conversions; efficiency > >
CHAPTER 6: Cooling systems
- Central air conditioners, mini splits and window air conditioners; fluorocarbon refrigerants; other ways to cool your house > >
CHAPTER 7: Hot water and how to heat it
- Storage-type, instantaneous and integrated systems and solar hot water > >
CHAPTER 8: Comparison shopping
- Comparison tables to show the pros and cons of your options > >
CHAPTER 9: Replacing your system
- Selecting a contractor and the right size equipment; hot water use > >
CHAPTER 10: Advice and information
- Where to go to find out more > >
CHAPTER 11: Glossary of terms
CHAPTER 12: Efficiency ratings
CHARTS: Comparing energy costs
- Including: Charts to help you determine the operating and equipment costs of different systems:
