Heat recuperation, or the recovery of heat from things that we normally throw away can be a significant part of energy savings. Most energy efficient houses today have Heat Recovery Ventilators that steal the heat out of stale air before throwing it out of the house. Finally some Canadians have...
For you DIY fanatics, the answer is YES.The University of Saskatchewan published a plan for one in the early 80's. It works; I even built one on TV. But it was hard to defrost, impossible to clean and we never did manage to get it out of the basement so it has been left there to be discovered b...
Drain water, or grey water, heat exchangers run the warm drain water next to the fresh incoming water to raise its temperature a bit, taking a load off of the hot water tank.
Although there are more and more products to accomplish this available on the market. The problem is that most plumbing c...
The field of energy efficient heating systems is advancing rapidly and constantly and I cannot evaluate all the new products here. Remember that it usually takes a company a couple of years to work the bugs out of new products. And some companies try so hard just for novelty that... for example i...
Air-change ventilation systems exist that take stale air out and bring fresh air in so as to not rely on cold air drafts for the entry of fresh air to the house. They are simply a box with two fans. In a few of the warm spots of Canada these are legitimate systems on their own. In most of Canada ...
