Home Heating

Get comfy . . . efficiently

Warmth and comfort – that’s what you expect from your home’s heating equipment and that’s exactly what ENERGY STAR® qualified furnace or boiler will provide.

An ENERGY STAR® qualified high-efficiency furnace is a comfort in so many ways. You get a warm home all winter long. And it’s reassuring knowing you’re saving energy and money, with the number one way to reduce your home’s harmful emissions.

ENERGY STAR is an international symbol of energy efficiency. It helps you quickly and easily identify the most energy efficient products available to help you save energy, money and protect the environment. To qualify, natural gas furnaces must have an annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) rate of 90% or higher. Residential boilers must have an AFUE rating of 85% or higher.

Replacing your furnace

Choose the right size furnace for your house. Most furnaces can provide far more heat than a house requires, even on the coldest winter day.

As a result, the odds are that you won't need to buy a new furnace with the same output as your current one. A furnace of the correct size will also operate more efficiently, last longer, save you money on heating throughout the season and provide comfort in all parts of your home.

To find out how many BTU's your furnace should be have a qualified heating contractor do a home heat loss calculation.

As part of Canada’s ongoing efforts to address climate change and improve the environment a new national minimum energy performance standard for residential gas furnaces will go into effect on December 31, 2009. This standard will apply to virtually all gas furnaces sold in Canada and will require a minimum fuel efficiency level of 90%.

Visit your SaskEnergy Network Member for a selection of natural gas heating equipment and convenient financing (OAC).

High efficiency furnace factsheet

Calculate Your Savings

Compare Furnace Efficiencies

Sizing Your Furnace

Count your savings with natural gas

Based on 2,250m³ of Natural Gas per year
Based on Fuel rates as of November 1, 2010
Natural Gas $0.2435 per m³
Propane $0.5530 per litre
Electricity $0.1061 per kWh
Fuel Oil $0.8320 per litre

For further information from the Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada...