Enviro-Gas

A comfortable home does not only feature comfortable interior design elements, furniture pieces, decorations or a larger space. It is also about the thermal comfort. What is energy efficiency? We hear very often about of energy efficient housing. Energy efficiency represents all the ways we can get the desired comfort and consume less energy. A house is considered energy efficient when it is independent of the weather conditions. The importance of efficient energy consumption caught the attention of corporations and individuals alike, due to its many benefits: lower energy consumption, environmental responsibility, ensuring a better future, compliance with energy efficiency principles and ultimately lower costs. How can you have an energy efficient home? This can be achieved right from the construction stage of a building, or through the rehabilitation of an existing building. Here are a few solutions: Interior thermal insulation (walls and floors) that prevents the heat from m...

In the cold season, heating the home and especially the associated costs are a real burden for most of us. Here are some practical tips that will help you spend less in the long run. Installing an under floor heating system At first glance, such a system seems costly to implement. However, you will be surprised that there are also options that involve reasonable costs, not to mention that having an under floor heating system will help you start saving money, immediately after installation. Intelligent thermostats A regular thermostat allows you to adjust the temperature to a lower value while you are not at home, but an intelligent thermostat does even more than this: you can heat the entire house or just one room; you can start the heat one hour before you get home; you can maintain a minimum comfort temperature, etc. All these operations can be programmed even remotely, thanks to the new embedded technology. Using an intelligent thermostat regularly will surely lower you bi...

The purpose of any heating system is very clear and refers primarily to provide adequate ambient comfort. Each of us is looking for the most cost-effective and economical heating solution, and propane heating systems seem to be some of the most popular and appreciated options, and that's because they come with many benefits. A propane heating system is completely versatile in relation to the other heating accessories that are to be installed. With such an appliance installed in your home, you will be able to use any type of radiators and even under floor heating systems, with almost no restrictions. The additional automation system that is attached to the propane heating system is excellent because it will effectively control gas consumption, while thermal comfort will not suffer at all. Another advantage is about the space that a propane heating system is occupying, which is very reduced, compared to a normal room. Safety in operation is also very good, because the new models a...

In order to choose the best washing machine with incorporated dryer you have to consider several aspects. The overall capacity of a washing machine with dryer The capacity of such an appliance refers to the amount of dry clothes that you can put in the tank. a washing machine with dryer will always have two capacities: one for the amount of laundry that you can wash in one load and the other for the amount of laundry that you can dry. You can always wash larger amounts of clothes than you can dry. Bigger is not necessarily better - if you buy a washing machine which is too big for your needs, you will waste water and energy; this will also happen if you buy a smaller one that will force you to run more washing cycles. Washing capacity The amount of laundry that a car wash can receive in one load usually starts from 5 kg and can reach up to 12 kg. Drying capacity The drying capacity will always be smaller than the washing capacity of the same appliance, with values ​​between 2.5...

One way to reduce energy bills and emissions is to use the energy more efficiently. Many household appliances such as lamps, TVs, ovens and vacuum cleaners have a standard label that helps consumers assess their energy efficiency. Energy efficiency is defined as the ratio between the result (performance, services, goods or energy) and the energy used for that purpose. Energy saving is an absolute measure, regardless of the result. The first energy labels were introduced in the 1990s and classified electrical appliances from G (least efficient) to A (most efficient). Later on, the A + label appeared to reflect the improvement in energy efficiency of products. However, the introduction of labels from A + to A +++ has reduced the effectiveness of energy labeling to convince consumers to buy more efficient products, considering that all of them are perceived as being simply class A anyway... In the US, there is also a program started by The Environmental Protection Agency and managed n...

An uninsulated attic is the principal cause of energy loss in a home and also the place where the loss is the most sizeable. However, attics are also the easiest to insulate, so here are a few pieces of advice about how to get the thickness of the insulation right. The first thing to do before you make any decision related to insulation thickness is to assess whether your current insulation is right. Look at the insulation on the attic floor – if the floor joists are visible under the insulation, you need to add more. The next step is to decide what type of insulation you should add and how much. You can use various different materials, fiberglass sheets are the most common, but you don’t need to add the same type as the material you already have, you can simply combine various materials to reach the desired thickness. The most relevant parameter to check is the material’s R-value that measures its ability to seal off the air flow in the area of application. The recommended value is R...

Installing a programmable thermostat is indeed an excellent way to reduce home heating costs – here is how these small and very efficient devices work and how you can use them to reduce your energy bills. Programmable thermostats allow you to set the times when your heating or cooling system turns on and off. They are able to store multiple schedules and to repeat the pre-programmed settings indefinitely or as long as the parameters entered remain unchanged. The best way of reducing your energy bills with the help of your programmable thermostat is by setting the thermostat to maintain a lower temperature during the day when you are away from home. If you know that you will be away for 8 hours, program the device to turn on the heating an hour before you arrive home, that way you can return to a warm home without having to pay for the heat produced while you are not at home to enjoy it. You can also program the thermostat to turn off automatically or to keep the temperature at a lowe...