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Efficiency Improvements in Space Heating by Gas and Oil

Efficiency Improvements in Space Heating by Gas and Oil Residential space heating is an important market for natural gas because of its wider availability and historically lower cost than fuel oil and electric power. Fuel oil has also played an important role in residential heating in the US eastern seaboard states because of its low pre-1973 embargo costs, along with its large storage availability, distribution, and marketing systems. Since 1975, a combination of factors has been responsible for the evolutionary and revolutionary innovations that have increased the efficiency of these fossil fuels for space heating. As a result, available space­ heating equipment in the United States is now 50%-75% more efficient than that available five years ago. The most significant factors that brought about this change include the following: 1. Unprecedented participation by the US federal government [i.e. Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), Department of Energy (DOE)] and the gas industry [i.e. American Gas Association (AGA), Gas Research Institute (GRI)] has provided increased research and development (R&D) funding. 2. Motivation of manufacturers to develop and market high-efficiency equipment has been stimulated by favorable market conditions and actual or potential government involvement [i.e. Federal Energy Administration (FEA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the DOE] in the space-heating http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Environment and Resources Annual Reviews

Efficiency Improvements in Space Heating by Gas and Oil

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Annual Reviews
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Copyright 1983 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
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1543-5938
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10.1146/annurev.eg.08.110183.001335
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Abstract

Residential space heating is an important market for natural gas because of its wider availability and historically lower cost than fuel oil and electric power. Fuel oil has also played an important role in residential heating in the US eastern seaboard states because of its low pre-1973 embargo costs, along with its large storage availability, distribution, and marketing systems. Since 1975, a combination of factors has been responsible for the evolutionary and revolutionary innovations that have increased the efficiency of these fossil fuels for space heating. As a result, available space­ heating equipment in the United States is now 50%-75% more efficient than that available five years ago. The most significant factors that brought about this change include the following: 1. Unprecedented participation by the US federal government [i.e. Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), Department of Energy (DOE)] and the gas industry [i.e. American Gas Association (AGA), Gas Research Institute (GRI)] has provided increased research and development (R&D) funding. 2. Motivation of manufacturers to develop and market high-efficiency equipment has been stimulated by favorable market conditions and actual or potential government involvement [i.e. Federal Energy Administration (FEA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the DOE] in the space-heating

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Annual Review of Environment and Resources – Annual Reviews

Published: Nov 1, 1983

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