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How to Go Green: Home Heating
POSTED 4 Nov 2008 COMMENTS
Consider that roughly two-thirds of a home's annual energy use goes toward space and water heating, that in most American homes, winter home heating is responsible for sending nearly four tons of greenhouse gases into the air each month, and that as much as half of all the energy used in the home is wasted. Efficient heating is starting to sound pretty good about now, no? Heck, we haven’t even mentioned the political implications of heating oil. Below, TreeHugger has compiled some tips to cheaper, greener heating, all of which are driven by the two fundamentals of a treehugging life—being more efficient, using less, and doing it in style....+ READ MORE