Category: Blog
Heating Fuel Cost Comparison Chart
In an effort to help homeowners and businesses understand the financial impact of their heating fuel choices, we’ve prepared a Heating Fuel Cost Comparison chart that details the trends in five different fuel types – oil, propane, natural gas, heat pump electric and wood pellets – over the past 20 years.
Troubleshooting 101: Your Boiler IQ!
Have you ever found yourself without heat on the coldest night of the year? Did you call a heating contractor for emergency after-hours service only to find out you were out of fuel or had accidentally cut the power supply? If so, don’t feel bad! This happens all the time during the winter months, but … Continued
Switching to Pellets Reduces CO2 emissions by 90% & Saves 50% on Heating Costs
Studies show that switching from oil to wood pellets for home heating reduces your carbon footprint by 90% and saves 50% on heating costs. This is wonderful news for the more than 440,000 Maine and 350,000 New Hampshire residents heating with oil who are contributing to the elevated CO2 ranges in New England. Although New … Continued
Troubleshooting 101 : Your Boiler IQ
Have you ever found yourself without heat on the coldest night of the year? Did you call a heating contractor for emergency after-hours service only to find out you were out of fuel or had accidentally cut the power supply? If so, don’t feel bad! This happens all the time during the winter months, but … Continued
Why Get Off Oil?
Learn about the economic, social, environmental and political reasons to stop using fossil fuels to heat your home. There are many economic, social, environmental and political reasons to stop using fossil fuels to heat your home, but we think the simplest ones are the best: lowering your heating costs, reducing carbon emissions and investing in … Continued
EPA Releases Analysis of Emissions from Biomass Fuel!
It’s a pretty great time to be a wood pellet here at True North! Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency validated that emissions from sustainably sourced biomass (wood pellets and others) are “likely to have minimal or no net atmospheric contributions of biogenic CO2 emissions, or even reduce such impacts, when compared with an alternate … Continued
