| A condensing boiler is a home heating system that is | | | | thermal energy efficiency. The system you have |
| designed to recoup energy that conventional | | | | now, assuming it’s a conventional system, |
| furnaces and boilers lose. A condensing boiler can | | | | probably only has about 70%-80% efficiency. What |
| achieve up to 98% thermal energy efficiency and | | | | does that mean for your bill? You could see a |
| can save you up to 40% on your home heating bill. | | | | difference of between 30-40% on your home |
| A condensing boiler is a home heating system that is | | | | heating bill by installing these systems. And all the |
| designed to recoup energy that conventional | | | | while you will be reducing you and your family's |
| furnaces and boilers lose. Most houses have small | | | | "carbon footprint", helping reduce problems such as |
| pipes that discharge excess heat out through the | | | | reliance on foreign oil and global warming. |
| roof - they often look like small chimneys. | | | | In order to get the maximum benefit from a |
| Condensing boilers capture this excess energy and | | | | condensing boiler, a precise control system should be |
| put it to use. The reason for the name is that a | | | | installed. A basic room thermostat will not be enough |
| condensing boiler literally condenses the water vapor | | | | to ensure you are saving money and reducing |
| produced by the consumption of gas or oil in the | | | | emissions. A better method, for example, is to use |
| boiler condenses back into water. This | | | | an outdoor weather sensor to enable the boiler to |
| condensation, in turn, allows the latent heat involved | | | | heat the home only to the temperature needed. This |
| in the vaporization of the water to be used usefully | | | | and other controls can also signal the boiler when to |
| in heating your home. | | | | run in the "condensing" mode. |
| As of 2007, condensing boilers are now often | | | | Right now, condensing boilers are up to 50% more |
| replacing "conventional" systems in Europe. The | | | | expensive to buy and install than conventional types |
| Netherlands led the way, but now other nations, | | | | of furnaces and boilers. However, state and federal |
| particularly those with aggressive "green" goals or | | | | grants and rebates might help offset that additional |
| high fuel costs, have also joined the rush toward the | | | | cost. Even so, the extra cost of installing a |
| use of condensing boilers. In the United States | | | | condensing boiler could be recovered in about 2-5 |
| there has been a more recent serious look at these | | | | years at US 2007 oil and gas prices. Of course, this |
| furnaces on a large scale, particularly as gas and oil | | | | depends on the climate where you live, but |
| prices have skyrocketed. | | | | it’s a given that after a relatively short period |
| So, what would the conversion to a condensing boiler | | | | of time, your condensing boiler will be saving you |
| system mean to your home? First the scientific | | | | money every day you heat your home! |
| explanation: A condensing boiler achieves up to 98% | | | | |