Energy Saving Secrets

2011-12-29T09:12:00.001-08:00

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Secret For Generating Free Electricity

2011-03-02T02:10:00.000-08:00

A Long Kept Secret For Generating Free Electricity is Finally On The Open, And You'll Never Have To Pay A Single Dime to the Power Company

How would you like to create a generator which creates free electric energy? Using our easy-to-follow guide, you will be able create a Magnetic Power Generator which creates absolutely free energy, and doesn't require any resource like wind or solar energy to function. The magniwork generator creates energy by itself and powers your home for free. The generator works fully off the grid. Take a look at the following diagram to get an idea of how it works:

This method has been researched for a long time, but due to suppression of this idea from the big corporations, the plans for building a free energy generator which could change the world have never been out on the open. We finally succeeded in creating a website which offers the Do-It-Yourself instructions for building such a device, and it is considered that this device will be able to solve the energy crisis.

Finding it hard to believe how such a machine could work? Watch the following video of a man that has built a similar device

Did you know that you could completely eliminate your power bill by constructing a zero point magnetic power generator?

A Zero point magnetic power generator is basically a Free Energy Generator. It uses magnets, and magnetic force to induce perpetual motion. It runs by itself, indefinitely without stopping, thus creating completely free electrical energy, which can fully power your home for free. A Perpetual motion device refers to a machine that runs perpetually i.e. indefinitely, and produces a larger amount of energy than it consumes. Thus, it produces free energy indefinitely, runs by itself, without having to need a third-party device or resource to power it.

The free energy devices have been suppressed by the corporate world because such devices, would allow people to create their own energy for free, which would ultimately shut down the big energy corporations, because people won't need to pay anymore for electricity to fill their pockets.

What are the Benefits of Magniwork?

By constructing the magniwork power generator, you will be able to generate completely free electric energy, meaning , create energy without needing any source of renewable or non-renewable energy. The generator powers itself and creates energy by itself, without requiring solar energy, heat, water, coal or any kind of resource. This generator powers itself and works indefinitely, without stopping, creating a large amount of energy. Here are some of the benefits that Magniwork has:

Works in every home, it requires only a small amount of space

You can eliminate your power bill by 50% or even completely, depending on how you implement the magniwork generator

Works in all conditions, can work in extreme hot or cold without any problem

The Material needed to build the magniwork generator is cheap and easily accessible anywhere in the world

We have simplified the process with easy-to-follow steps. Even a complete novice would be able to follow them

Contains a bonus chapter about the backgrounds and history of Magniwork

Our easy-to-follow guide will show you how to construct the Magniwork free energy generator, which will run infinitely and create free electric energy. This method has been thoroughly researched, and is currently considered as a possible mean of completely solving the energy crisis. A Magnetic Perpetual Motion Device much like Magniwork refers to a device that works perpetually i.e. indefinitely, and produces more energy than it consumes, which ultimately results in a surplus of electrical energy which can be used to power your home.

Can this device be used to power a household?

The magniwork free energy generator, can be efficiently used to power your home with almost zero costs on your side. Furthermore, the generator is eco-friendly and doesn't produce any harmful byproducts.

Hundreds of successful magniwork generators have been built around the world, which is proof that this technology really works! We predict that the technology will rapidly spread, and some industry-insiders even predict that the magniwork free energy generators will be the energy in the future. These experts estimate, that by 2020 energy companies will start implementing this technology in order to create cheaper and more environment friendly energy. Until that time comes, you can use our technology at a very reasonable set-up cost.

What do our customers think?

Hello,
Thanks for the comprehensive guide, I found the instructions fairly simple to follow. I built the generator as a supplement to my current electrical installation. I have been using the magniwork generator for 2 days , and the initial estimations that I made, record an increased efficiency on my power installation in the area of 40-45%. It's been only 2 days since I've been using it, and I'm very pleased with it. I plan on building a larger scale magniwork generator to cover my whole household.

Curtis Holloway - US , WI

Hi,

It has been approximately 5 weeks since I've implemented the magniwork generator.
I have noticed significant savings on my power bill, so far, in the 5 weeks I've been using it, the generator has paid for itself. My brother didn't think this could work : ) , and I proved him wrong.I'm planning on building a magniwork generator for him.

Glynne Stratford, UK

Hello Magniwork,

I'm not exactly what you call a techy-person, so I was concerned if I would be able to do this, it turned out to be straight-forward to do, thanks for answering my support questions quickly. And most important of all IT REALLY WORKS and I had tons of fun doing it.

Jane Hutchins, UK

Is It Safe?

The Magniwork free energy generator is safe to use and operate. It doesn't produce any harmful byproducts or gases, and there isn't any hazard concerning the generator itself. Even if you have little children, they may freely walk in the close vicinity of the generator.

The magniwork generator, is also a very eco-friendly solution. It doesn't pollute the environment. The generator itself isn't flammable or combustible, so it's completely safe.

How Much Does it Cost?

The magniwork generator DIY guide is on sale today (check bottom of the page for price), and all the raw materials needed cost less than 100$. The materials needed are very common, and can be easily found at your local hardware store. Once you get our generator set-up and working, you can even start building these generators for your friends and family.

Our guide includes over 50 pages of detailed instructions which are very easy to follow, even if you're a complete novice. Furthermore, we offer 24/7 full technical support, thus, if you have any kind of problem or get stuck, you can contact us and our friendly tech support team will respond quickly with details on how to resolve it.

We have even received an e-mail from a customer from Cabot, Arkansas, who has started a local business, making and selling our generators.

We do not mind you selling our technology, in fact, we encourage you do this. The more people spread the word, the better for our environment, and the more we're going to save on electric energy.

The major free energy suppression has been proven and documented

The suppression of free-energy devices such as magniwork as well as other fossil fuel alternatives has been proven and documented. There has even been a documentary dedicated to the suppression of free energy devices called 'The Quest For Free Energy'. Watch the following excerpt of the documentary to find out why free energy devices are banned for public usage.

The video above proves why most people haven't heard about free energy, and the common misconception that free energy doesn't exist.

How Much Can You Save?

The amount you can save by building the magniwork free energy generator can vary. If you decide to build our generator as a supplement to your current electrical installation, meaning, you are partially powering your household with magniwork, you can easily save anywhere in the range of 30-50%. This means that your power bill will reduce by 30-50%.

If you decide to implement magniwork on a full-scale, it will independently power your household, meaning, you won't have to pay anything to the power company. Our magnetic free energy generator will work by itself perpetually, and generate 100% free electric energy.

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Energy Efficient how to beTeaching Children

2011-02-23T01:32:00.000-08:00

The issue of climate change isn’t going to go away. The adverse effect our energy use over the past 200 years has had on the environment means that the next generations will have to deal with the consequences. This makes teaching our children and grandchildren how to be energy efficient more important than ever.

There’s no better place to start giving the right messages to children than in the home. It’s easier than you might think to spread a green message to all the family without creating another stressful task for yourself. By getting the children involved in saving energy not only will they be helping the environment, but they’ll also save you extra work and money in the house.

Lead By Example

It’s impossible to teach your children to be better with energy if you’re still forgetting to turn off a light or are always leaving items on standby yourself. Overcome your bad energy habits before asking them to do the same. Children will automatically mimic the way you approach tasks, so setting a good example will have a detrimental effect on the sort of habits your children pick up at home.

Make Saving Energy Fun

Try and make energy saving tasks fun. If you make environmentally friendly activities part of playtime, children will be more inclined to get involved and have more fun doing so. Create games or competitions that also make the house more energy efficient. Set up a scoring chart, which awards points to children for completing a task efficiently – from opening and closing the curtains or putting all their dirty clothes in the washing machine to helping Mum or Dad with the washing up.

Giving rewards for progress and achievement is also important. Setting treats and prizes for the best effort are great incentives for children to work harder.

In the Garden

There’s lots of fun for kids to have in the garden, and plenty of ways to save energy outdoors. Why not couple the two together for outdoor fun with an energy efficient twist. Enlist the help of your child to wash the car by hand, water the plants with a watering can or even put the washing on the line.

Get Your Kids Involved

Get your child involved in the household jobs that save energy. Giving responsibility for turning all the lights off in the house, or helping with the recycling helps children feel a part of the process, and they’ll take more pride in the job they do.

You should also always explain why saving energy is so important, as communicating the right message alongside practical teaching will make good habits stick. Help your child to understand why remembering to unplug their computer consoles or switching the tap off when they brush their teeth is so important.

Work with Your Local School

Try and coordinate your efforts with those of your child’s school. Some schools will already have a policy of teaching children energy efficient habits in the classroom, but the effect it has on your children will be maximised if the same environmentally conscious messages are replicated when they get back home.

If your school hasn’t got anything planned, why not volunteer your assistance in the classroom and get other parents involved? It’s possible to arrange for your local council or other local representatives to visit schools on educational visits that will make learning more interactive for children.

Top Tips for Energy Saving Secrets

2011-02-16T21:24:00.000-08:00

The best way to start saving energy – at home work or during leisure time – is to take small and easy-to-manage steps. Often even the smallest of changes to our normal routines can have big pay-offs when it comes to reducing carbon emissions. Every little counts, and if all of us were to make an energy saving change, the amount saved overall would lower the UK’s carbon footprint significantly.

One of the biggest problems to overcome when it comes to energy saving is the attitude that going green will be time consuming, difficult to implement or could cost us money. We’ve come up with a series of top tips for energy saving to help break these incorrect assumptions – they don’t involve lots of time or effort, and could actually help to save you money…

Heating

Keeping your home warm during the colder months is an absolute must, which means being dependent on gas central heating. However there are ways of cutting your energy bills and still staying toasty…

Turn your thermostat down a degree.
Use blankets and extra layers rather than turning up the heating.
Place draught excluders under doors and loose windows.
Fit an insulating jacket to your hot water tank.
Place foil around the back of your radiators to reflect heat back into rooms.
Move furniture away from radiators to allow heat to circulate.
Close your curtains in the evenings.

Travelling

We all need to get from A to B, which invariably involves some form of transport. In order to save energy and carbon emissions, there are alternative ways to travel than in your petrol dependent car…

Share your driving burden by joining a car sharing pool.
Invest in a bicycle for shorter journeys.
Try walking a short journey you’d usually drive at least once a week.
If you’re travelling on a longer journey, take a train instead.
Choose a car with low carbon emissions.

Lighting

Like heating, we all need our homes to be well lit in the mornings and evenings, particularly during the winter months. The key to saving money on lights is not allowing bad habits to become the norm…

Don’t forget to turn off lights when you leave a room.
Use your dimmer switch when you don’t need full lighting on.
Switch off security lights when you return home or go to bed.
Open curtains and blinds to allow natural light in.
Avoid energy guzzling lightings fittings, for examples fluorescent lights.
Replace used light bulbs with energy saving bulbs.

Garden

There’s lots of fun and relaxation to be had in the garden, especially when the sun is shining. There are also plenty of things you can do to help save energy and create a luscious green garden that everyone will enjoy…

Turn food and garden waste into nutrient soil for flowers and plants using a home composting bin.
Start growing your own vegetables.
Use a manual lawnmower rather than an electrical one.
Make a rock garden using reclaimed stone.
Use a watering can to water plants instead of a hosepipe or sprinkler.

Work

Saving energy shouldn’t stop as soon as you’re at work. There are just as many simple ways to save energy in the workplace as there are at home, and you should try and implement your energy saving habits in both environments…

Shut down your computer at the end of the day, don’t just leave it on standby.
Try to minimise the amount of paper you use to print.
Set your printer up to print on both sides of a sheet of paper.
As at home, only fill the kettle with as much water as you need.
Turn off photocopiers and other office equipment before you leave.

Food and Cooking

There are lots of ways to reducing the amount of energy needed to cook, store, prepare and wash up after our daily meals. Here are a few to get you green in the kitchen…

Keep fridges and freezers shut tightly and at the correct temperature.
Avoid heat loss in the oven by keeping the door closed until the food is ready.
Wash vegetables and fruit in a bowl rather than under a running tap.
Grow your own vegetables, or shop locally for them.
Turn your toaster setting down by one.
Unplug all appliances when not in use, or they will continue to use energy.

Oil Reserves and Consumption.

2011-02-15T22:49:00.000-08:00

We at EnergySavingNow.com are following, with great interest, the debates on sources for energy production and consumption. A very important event was the two-day conference on oil depletion that began May 30, 2002, at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, with Professor Kjell Aleklett as chairman. For human kind, these kind of events will have a large impact and maybe even more than most of the spectacular events that we have seen in recent days.

The conference revealed an enormous rift within the group of experts that make more or less credible statements. The major discrepancy was if we will start to see a reduction of available oil reserves year 2010 or if we at that time already have reduced themin a significant way. The resulting disaster everybody agrees on, it is, unfortunately, the timing that gets the attention. So all the major discussions are about if I will suffer, my child will suffer or if it is my grandchildren who will suffer. Somebody will suffer painfully and we are talking about current generations, not future. We are no longer talking about unborn children. But of course, my grandchildren do not qualify as voters yet; therefore they are not interesting for the current politicians.

Renewable energy resources are slowly gaining support. However, it is pathetic that the most optimistic estimates show that the contribution from wind energy will be only 15% by 2020. We can also see similar projections for the use of other resources like solar energy, bio mass and bio diesel. The interest in renewable energy issues does grow rapidly, but implementation and practical actions are not fast enough.

On the consumption side, we can see even more horrifying samples of slow development and even political reversals. To reduce consumption is inevitable, the question is only if this will be in an orderly fashion or a very painful process as a part of major crises. If the current waste and over consumption can be addressed in an orderly fashion, it is possible to achieve positive results both bigger and faster than the improvements on the energy production side. Taken together, there is a slim chance that the worst may be avoided.

So our thoughts follow these lines:

The facts on Oil Reserves.
The current facts and proven projections for oil reserves are very compelling. Here are some of them.

Current known oil reserves are 928 gigabarrels (gb) of oil. Estimates of the possible total of oil reserves vary, but the most credible ones end up around 2000 gb.
The world currently consumes around 29 gb of oil every year. Projections from the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), project consumption at 43 and 42 gb respectively for the year 2020.
Average findings of new oil resources during the last 7 years are around 10 gb per year. Nothing indicates that we will improve on this. This also give a net reduction of known oil reserves with around 100 gb the last 7 years. As far as we understand mathematics, it means that the reduction of oil reserves already started and we have to find a very large resource to compensate for this.

The result of the above is that we will have reduced the known oil reserve close to 50% by the year 2020. This will come with painful economic damages to the industrial countries with the US in first place.

If we in one go could elevate all people in the world to the same living standard and habits as USA, all known oil reserves would be finished in 5 years and the unknown reserves in another 5 years. Since oil is very much the economic driving force, it tells us something about the chances for improving living conditions. This calculation does not include that the worlds population will be more than 10 billion year 2020.

The facts on Renewable Energy.
Fossil fuels are produced over thousands of years by slow natural processes. They result is compact materials with a very high energy content. We have used this to our benefit, on a relative short time cycle and with effective distribution systems.

Renewable energy sources are based on using the energy sources in an earlier stage and thereby shorten the generation cycle. It is therefore less compact and needs larger volumes or areas for production. Some of the methods are also dependent on finite resources of other materials. Because of the dependence on large areas and/or volumes, the implementation will take longer than the one for fossil fuels. It is a major task that should have been started yesterday, with more determination and larger resources. We must stop the procrastination!

There are undoubtedly possibilities for expanding renewable energy to a level where it would take care of the major part of our needs, if those needs are reduced to reasonable levels. But this will not happen if we do not accelerate this development by several multiples.

The dreams on Renewable Energy.
Again, many experts, with financial/political backgrounds, believe that there is a magic silver bullet hidden somewhere here also. Please tell us where.
The dreams on Oil Reserves.
Many experts, mainly with financial/political backgrounds, believe that there is a magic silver bullet hidden somewhere. It is mostly speculations about enormous hidden resources and we are of course hoping that they are right. It would however be utterly irresponsible to assume that they are right and therefore avoid taking action. But there are a lot of politicians out there, that are prepared to be utterly irresponsible, if it will help them in the next election. The philosophy is simple, if you bring a nice message, there is less risk that the messenger gets shot.

Some of those most optimistic dreamers claim that we will be able to keep up the available oil reserve until 2020 and that they will not start to shrink until after that point. We have unfortunately not found any credible scientific background for this. It is mostly arguments on the line of, "if you cannot prove that we are wrong, we could be right". This is the weakness of all future prognosticating. The damage such attitudes can do is immense and they look more as an attempt at comforting current voters.

The facts on Energy Saving.
Energy saving is probably the method that has the greatest potential to help the situation. It will not only ease the coming crises, it will also teach us to live wisely and with care for coming generations. If drastic steps and investments can be done, we will also see an immense improvement in pollution and health. The potential is large and it is maybe the only chance for developed countries to improve their situation and for developing countries to improve theirs. To give a few examples,

Smaller, cleaner and more economic cars, with diesel engines that are prepared for bio fuels. The popular use of large vehicles for transportation of 1-3 persons, is not sustainable.
Nearly 80% of hot water production could be covered by solar panels and it is one of the few things that will be paid back in less than 5 years.
Better understanding of insulation, heating and cooling in our buildings, can give around 50-70% savings. Only control policies and equipment, can give very fast results.
Cleaner and more efficient production will also give large savings in energy.
Improvements in urban planning and product distribution. An issue of special importance for US.

Methods to do this are available and it will take little research to invent. What is lacking is the will to implement.

The dream of Energy Saving.
That we will be able to produce enough energy in the future which would make it possible to waste energy in the same manner as today.

Scenarios about the future.
Todays facts are hard and in many areas proven, but the scenarios about the future can be terrifying. Here are some questions,

US oil reserve volumes peaked in the early seventies, the European in the late nineties and the Middle East will pass in a couple of years. The majority of oil reserves are in areas of political and social instability. There are two different worlds going on a collision course at full speed. One does not want to brake and the other is out of control. One will not reduce its utilization of energy and the other will not develop without higher utilization. Will anyone give way and who?
Will the military might of the remaining super power be used for the best of the world or for maintaining its supply of energy when it starts to hurt them?
Will it even be possible to keep 80% of the worlds population under control and at the same time expect their willingness to deliver energy resources?
When will actions to ease the suffering and solutions for managing energy be elevated from a hobby for the rich, to a necessity for the world?

It should not com as a surprise for the current politicians in power, that it is not only the buck the rests with them, but also the Barrel. We like to hear them say "The barrel stops here" in the future. The signs are on the wall for some time now and there are no excuses.

Fossil energy depletion and emission.

2011-02-15T22:43:00.000-08:00

The only possible substitutes for oil and Natural Gas will be expansion of nuclear, coal and renewable energy. Because of armament risks, large scale nuclear with the necessary enrichment, is only an alternative for the developing countries and a few others. The majority of known coal reserves are in US, Russia and developing countries, but is an environmentally dirty and risky energy source. The widely discussed Hydrogen is not and will not be an independent energy source. The alternatives for the majority of the worlds developing countries are Energy efficiency, Biofuels, Hydro, Wind and Solar, this for at least 50 years ahead and when the oil production will be close to the level of 1960. It is no soft landing available and the developed countries that quickly and aggressively introduce energy efficiency measures, will maybe be capable to deal with the worst consequences.

Basic oil depletion models and emission levels.

To give information about the depletion of our oil reserves, we found that the newly founded research group from Uppsala University. UHDG and The Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO), have already started to make its mark and published several very interesting research papers. We also found that their work is independent, competent and serious. In times were the Governments and Oil companies have a vested interest in describing the depletion situation as positive as possible, it is important to have access to independent unbias research.

The UGDP depletion base case scenario of oil and natural gas depletion, show that now in year 2004 oil production is at its peak and that the combined oil and natural gas will peak in 10 years time. Further 10 years ahead, the oil production will be at its 1970 years levels, before the first oil crises and 30% down from todays level.

If UGDP and ASPO are right and it is no real evidence to counter that today, it is no space for the projected growth in the developed and developing countries. The only possible substitutes will be expansion of nuclear, coal and renewable energy. Because of armament risks, large scale nuclear with the necessary enrichment, is only an alternative for the developing countries and a few others. The majority of known coal reserves are in US, Russia and developing countries, but is an environmentally dirty and risky energy source. The widely discussed Hydrogen is not and will not be an independent energy source. The alternatives for the majority of the worlds developing countries are Energy efficiency, Biofuels, Hydro, Wind and Solar, this for at least 50 years ahead and when the oil production will be close to the level of 1960. It is no soft landing available and the developed countries that quickly and aggressively introduce energy efficiency measures, will maybe be capable to deal with the worst consequences.

Door seals

2011-02-13T17:25:00.000-08:00

Low-cost/no-cost option

Try using a simple door 'snake' or 'sausage'. This old-fashioned version of a draught excluder is a stuffed, upholstered cylinder laid down at the base of the door to completely block the gap between the bottom adge of the door and the floor. A well-weighted door snake can be just as effective as the more sophisticated (and more expensive) hardware options. Make your own-or head to the local school fete!

Sweep seals

For door bottoms are flexible seals mounted to eather the bottom edge or the back face of the door. They are most effective when used along with a metal strip that screw into place on the sill (call the 'threshold plate'). When the flexible material meets the threshold plate, the gap is sealed. For inward- or outword-opening hinged doors, screen doors and security doors, you can use sweep seals that have either vertical rubber blades or synthetic bruches. For sliding doors, choose the kind with synthetic brushes , as the rubber blades can interfere with the door's sliding action.

Rolling seals

Rolling seals are door-lenght cylinders covered in a textured or furry materials that are fixed to the door with brackets or hooks. The motion of the door prompt the rolling action of the cylinder. Rolling seals aren't recommeded for internal doors, but are great for internal doors, especially those surrounded by carpet. Use them on doors that separate heated zones, for example on the hallway door that leads from heated living spaces to the unheated bedrooms.

Automatic door bottom seals

Are simple mechanical devices desingn to lift as the door is opened, and then drop again as the door is closed. Spring-loaded devices can be slotted into the bottom edge of the door or fixed to the back face of the door. Cam-activated devices which flip clear when the door is opened and swing shut again when the door is closed can only be fitted to the back face.

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2011-01-26T19:49:00.000-08:00

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Hot Weather Dressing

2011-01-25T21:03:00.000-08:00

To stay cool in summer, it helps to wear clothes that don't interfere with your body's natural cooling processes, such as nperspiring.

Wear loose, not tight, clothing, so that air can circulate.

Wear natural fibres, including cotton, linen,silk and lightweight wool, and avoid synthetic fabrics such as polyster.

When outside, wear light colours that reflect the sun's rays, rather than dark colours that will absorb them.

Energy Saving Tips For Gardening

2011-01-22T05:35:00.000-08:00

Energy Saving Suggestion

Gardeners around the world have come up with many energy saving tips for yard work to conserve water and reduce other energy uses. Learn more about how to make your garden “greener” with these 5 energy saving tips.

1. Watering Can Conservation in evening

Fill the watering can every evening to water your plants in the morning. The water will be near air temperature, lessening shock to plants, and you will use much less than with the garden hose. Collect rainwater in a barrel and fill your watering can from it.

2. Dampen Plants at the Roots

Watering at the roots enables plants to absorb the water faster and reduce leaf-burn during water evaporation.

3. Cut the Lawn Less Often

Longer grass blades save energy in 3 ways:

You use your lawn mower less often, saving gasoline or electricity
The taller blades absorb more carbon dioxide from the air
It retains water more efficiently. The green color of the lawn will return after even a brief rainstorm

4. Large Container Plantings Conserve Water

Hanging baskets lose water daily through top evaporation and root-level dripping. Large containers let water percolate through the soil slowly, and less is lost to evaporation.

5. Mulch Your Garden

Reduce weed growth and help soil retain water with an organic mulch, such as leaves or cedar shavings

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2011-01-22T03:45:00.000-08:00

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Know Your Options >>> Space Heater

2011-01-18T18:35:00.000-08:00

Elektric Heater

There are theree different types of electric heaters: fan heaters, radiators and oil-filled column heaters.

A fan heater draws air into unit, heats it, then pump it out into the room.
An electric radiators uses a reflectors to direct radiant heat from a hot element back out into the room being heated.
Oil-filled column heaters are, as the name suggest, filled with oil heats the body of the unit, then the body of the unit warms the air that passes across it

Gas Heaters

There are three types of gas space heaters: convection heaters, radiant heaters and 'log fire' heaters.

A convention heaters draws in cool air, heats it, then pumps it out as warm air. there is a flame at work, but you won't see it - all you'll see is a box with vents or grilles. These heaters produce a lot of vapour. Flued models will expel that moist air outside the house. Unflued models simply dump it into the room.That's not such a problem if the room has good you can end up with condensation on the windows and walls, and perhaps even a mould problem.

A radiant heater warms a ceramic panel to a very high temperature. In fact, you'll be able to see the panel glowing red-hot. The panel emeits a rediant heat that warms the people and the object in room.

A gas log heater memics a wood-fired heater with ceramic look-alike logs and real flames, produced by the gas. Gas log units emit a radiant heat, but they also usully have a fan that circulates the warmed air.

Wood-Burning Fireplace

In a traditional fireplace, the flames,embers and hot surfaces produc a radiant heat that warms the objects in the room, including people. If you're sitting in an armchair next to the fire. you'll be very warm, but the temperature drops as you go further away from the souce. Modern fireplace perform a bit better. They tend to be fitted with metal insert that draw air through the fireplace and back into the room, with the result that the air itself gets warmed. Some are freestanding, with a metal chimney that runs the height of the room and radiants heat.

Wood-burning Slow-combustion Stove

The slow-combustion heater is basically a wood-burning fire contained in an airtight box. The amount of air entering the 'firebox' affects its heat output. In other words, you can rise or lower the temperature by adjusting air-inlet controls. A slow-combustion stove can be connect to a hydronic heating system ( the kind with a central boiler and pipes that distribute the heat around the house ).

Know your options >>> Insulation products

2011-01-16T18:16:00.000-08:00

There are five main types of insulation products on the market: batts, blankets, loose fill, reflective foils and boards.

Batts and Blakets

These can be made from a range of materials, but they all work in the same way: tiny pockets of air inside the batts and blankets reduce the flow of heat from one side of the material to the other. Don't squash or compress the material, as this will reduce its effectiveness.

Loose Fill

Like batts and blankets, loose-fill products also get their insulating properties from the little pockets of air they contain. They are particularly eseful when getting access to an area is a problem.

Reflective Foils

As the name suggests, these materials have a reflective surface that deflects radiants heats. Reflective foils are great for reducing the punishing effect of the sun in summer. However, they're not nearly as effective at inhibiting the flow of warm air from one side of the materials to the other. This means that they're much more valuable in hot climates than in cool climates.

Boards

These products are newcomers on the scene. Insulating boards can be made from either extruded polystyrene (commonly known as styrofoam) or expanded polystyrene. The rigid, lightweight boards contain millions of pockets of still air, which give the material its insulating properties.

Home Energy Checklist

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If you're on the hunt for ways to improve your household energy use, nothing beats a room-by-room inspection.

Spend a morning walking around your house or apertment, looking at every nook and cranny, and every power socket, in search of energy weak spots. Use the checklist here to note what you see, then draw up list of the energy-saving improvements you can make.

Building structure

Is there insulation in the roof sape?
Is there insulation in the walls?
Is there insulation under the floor?

Bedroom

Do the windows need curtains or shading devives?
Can incandescent light bulbs be replaced with energy-efficient bulbs?
Space heater:can you do without it?
Air-conditioning: can you do whitout it? Are the setting on the thermostat the most efficient?
Central heating: are the setting on the thermostat and timner the most efficient?
Audiovisual equipment: cab it be turned off easily at the powerpoint to save stand-by energy?
Mobile phone charger: do you unplug it after use?
Any unnecessary gadgets in use?

The cost of Modern life

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Since about hafway through the last century, the world has been burning through energy at an ever- increasing rate. Cars and houses have got an bigger, people tend to buy more, eat more and travel more.

As a diret result of this, not only have our energy bills skyrocket, but so too have overall cost to us, and the enviroiment, all of which will have lasting effects around the globe.

What exactly is happening?

Energy use is increasing :

The general trend towords people living in larger houses, buying more and larger cars, appliances and gadgets-generally over-consuming-requires ever-increasing amounts of energy. with our more affluent lifestyles, we have rapidly increased our comsumtion, which has caused our energy bills to increase.

The cost of supplying energy is increasing:

As non-renewable energy souces such as oil that is processed into petrol and coal that is used to generate electricity to power our homes, offices and factories are diminishing, the cost of obtaining and processing these resources is rising.

We are changing our planet:

When non-renewable fuels such as coal and oil are burned, they produce pollution. Some is air-bone perticle pollution (smog and soot) and some is greenhouse gas pollution, which we know causes global temperatures to rise. The enviroiment consequences of global warming have begun-drought, floods and violent storms-along with billions of dollars in property damage, infrstucture losses and crop wipeouts.