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Your Home’s Fireplace: Efficient Heating for Saving Home Thermal Energy by Brian Carver
A fireplace is more than a romantic addition to any house; it is an effective source of heat to help make your home a warmer and cozier place, especially during the harsher months of fall and winter. Fireplaces have made a comeback in modern American homes, now that the old wives’ tales about wood-burning furnaces as being ineffective have been dismantled by designers and manufacturers of modern electric furnaces that not only provide home thermal energy but also help the homeowner save home energy by minimizing the heating load on the primary heating systems. Nonetheless, an improperly and inefficiently maintained fireplace can also result in air leaks and more thermal energy wasted than if used efficiently. You can reduce the occurrence of this and prevent energy wasted by employing the following techniques:
1. Replace the filters. One common thing about air-conditioning systems and central furnace systems is that you have to check the filters to make sure that no clogged dirt and dust reduces the flow of air. Winter is when your fireplace is working the hardest, so this should also be the time when you are most keen on the filters. A furnace filter that allows light to pass through is a furnace filter that needs to be replaced. Check the filter every month in the winter, and if there is a need to go filter shopping, make sure that you measure the size of your furnace to avoid shopping for a filter that is either too big or too small to fit in your fireplace.
2. Prevent heat from escaping. Installing a small vent to the outside wall to provide outside combustion air is an effective way to save home thermal energy without increasing the energy consumption on your electric bill. You should also make sure that the fireplace damper is properly closed so that warm air inside the house does not leak out through the chimney.
3. Use energy-efficient methods of burning wood. If you have installed a wood-burning fireplace in your home, it is remarkable to remember that the best wood to burn is seasoned wood-the kind of wood that has been split and dried for well over one year. It is not so much the variety that determines the quality of burning, it is whether or not it has been seasoned. Seasoned wood looks dry and gray, perfect for heating up your home, as opposed to unseasoned wood which still looks green and fresh. Before lighting up the wood, be sure that the air intake duct and chimney are free from cobwebs and debris and that excess ash from the previous burning has been removed from the firebox.
4. Take small practices to increase the energy-efficiency of your fireplace and save home energy. It is, after all, the little things that produce remarkable results when it comes to saving energy. For example, turn off the pilot light (or the small flame of fire that keeps on burning to serve as an ignition for bigger fires) during the summer months when you will most likely not need it to start a fire anyway. Even a pilot light uses up a considerable amount of electricity and by turning it off, you can also save a considerable amount. You should also make sure that the different parts of the furnace, including the air vents, chimney, and the flue are clear of obstructions.
These practices are all easy and low-cost methods you can carry out to ensure that your home thermal energy is conserved and properly used. They won’t cost you an arm or a leg to be carried out and will surely go a long way in ensuring you benefits in the form of energy savings and a cleaner and better place to live in.
About the Author
Brian Carver is a house energy expert. He has focused on finding ways to preserve the earth’s natural resources and helping people conserve energy and use it efficiently. For more information on electric energy saving, visit http://www.houseenergysavingtips.com