{"id":926,"date":"2023-11-20T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/?p=926"},"modified":"2023-11-21T07:59:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T12:59:48","slug":"furnace-efficiency-ratings-afue-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/heating-service\/furnace-efficiency-ratings-afue-what-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Furnace Efficiency Ratings: AFUE & What It Means"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So you\u2019ve decided it\u2019s time for furnace installation. Congratulations! The decision to spring for a new furnace is undoubtedly one that wasn\u2019t made lightly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the hard decision has been made, that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re completely done with making some choices when it comes to furnace replacement<\/a> in Mississauga, ON. You\u2019ll need to consider two important factors: whether you get a gas or electric furnace, and its AFUE rating if you go with gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An AFUE rating measures how efficient a gas furnace is. (It also measures furnaces that use propane and oil as a fuel source but in this blog we\u2019ll be concentrating on gas.) The minimum AFUE is 95% which is already fairly high. Let\u2019s take a look at how the AFUE ratings for furnaces differ between gas and electric models so you can be an informed consumer when you make this last decision regarding your new heating system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AFUE stands for Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency and it\u2019s the standard measurement for gas furnace efficiency. It\u2019s expressed as the percentage of a furnace\u2019s energy source it converts to heating power. A 95% AFUE gas furnace converts 95% of its gas into heat for the home and loses 5% to exhaust. As you can see, this is considered highly efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gas Vs Electric Furnaces & AFUE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Electric furnaces have a 100% AFUE rating. That\u2019s because it uses electricity. You might be thinking that it can\u2019t get any better than 100% so an electric furnace must be the best choice when it comes to saving energy and reducing utility costs. Right? Well, it\u2019s not as simple as that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFUE is not a guarantee of energy savings because that percentage doesn\u2019t account for the cost of energy.<\/strong> Electrical resistance heating doesn\u2019t lose energy to exhaust because there is no exhaust. All the electricity is turned into heat as it moves through the heating elements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A natural gas furnace naturally loses some energy to exhaust gases and there\u2019s no such thing as a gas furnace with an AFUE of 100%. What makes a difference is the cost of using electricity for heating compared to using natural gas. Electricity is usually more expensive, and this is why an electric furnace on average costs more to run over a season compared to a gas furnace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most homes that have a natural gas connection will opt for a gas furnace, not just because of the cost of gas compared to electricity, but because gas furnaces have higher heating power and the ability to heat your home more quickly than an electric furnace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choosing the Right Furnace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You may have the choice between a gas and electric furnace already made for you if your home doesn\u2019t have access to natural gas. But you\u2019ll still need to make other choices for a new furnace and you\u2019ll need our professional assistance to ensure you end up with one that\u2019ll suit your household for many years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Peatson\u2019s Heating a<\/strong><\/a>n<\/a><\/strong>d Air Conditioning Ltd.<\/strong><\/a> for reliable furnace replacement in Mississauga, ON.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a furnace replacement, you\u2019ll need to consider 2 important factors: whether you get a gas or electric furnace, and its AFUE rating if you go with gas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[141,104],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":927,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions\/927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peatsonsheatair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}