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Oil change: It may cost a lot up front, but as prices rise., more are considering
swircning to gas heat (Globe Staff August 24, 2008)
There's no easy answer to the conversion conundrum.
Gas appears to be the "better economic choice."
Oil users spent about $2,345 last winter
Natural gas users paid about $1,593.
Heating oil has historically been a better deal than natural gas, based on price and power
output.
0 Up -front costs • converting - range • $5,000 to upward of $10,001
Need to compare that number with the cost of other improvements
Oil -to -gas conversion can take anywhere from a day to several days.
GasNetworks offers some customers a rebate • • to '►
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saving 1..65 million in gas bills, while raudnq CO2 arn-Essiong�=
almost ."000 tons Oivery , Thotse belts abmurlt for
CKV's annual gas consumption. When they are running InefflO51-MOW,
they consume more,. so the City has arranged for engineers
overhaul the machines. Part of this includom the initAllAtah ''.
monitoring devices which send out SMS messages reminding
build1ing managert that thti rhathihe: it lotft a fidentr, Ener•:
sayings of up to 12 haoia biaieh midi* ih same: b6ileit.
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A tune-up of Cfty boilers by engineers to ensure they are
consuming the: correct amourrk oF oxygen needed to burn at p
capacity. Dace they are tuned they consume less: energy.
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12%. less natura•I:gas
Chicago has more than 50 large boilers that heat City buildings, To
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burry at peak capacity the boiler: nand the right combination: of
mural gas and ambient air, if they d:O, nt have the right -amount of
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oxygen they burn more mural gas. studies show that the Cityps
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boiltart burn: batmen 5 and 10 more natural gas than they
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would if they weft butnin+j at peak cApaemq.
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-the boiler tuns -up program is two -phased:
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1. Consuildng erg r Chicago brings in boiler engineers to
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make sure the boilers are operating at peak effldency. They
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study: the boiler and make any adjuatmerits necessary. They