Comments on: Green Spot: How to Waste Heat http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2008/10/24/green-spot-how-to-waste-heat/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:31:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: David http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2008/10/24/green-spot-how-to-waste-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-13622 David Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:15:27 +0000 http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/?p=545#comment-13622 Another suggestion is to go and buy one of those clothes dryer vents so when the dryer is running you can vent the heat and humidity into the house instead of outside, just be careful not to make your house too humid to prevent mold growth and other damage. Keep the furnace fan on to circulate the air. If you do not have a humidity gauge for the house I recommend buying one too because having the correct humidity in your house during the winter is important and having the proper level can make you feel warmer with the furnace set to a lower temp! This will save $ on running the furnace and a humidifier if you have one. When you don't want the heat/humidity they allow you to close the damper to vent outside. Another trick I use is when I don't want the humidity in the house, I vent outside and let the dryer run for a while to get rid of most of the water from the clothes (about half way thru the drying cycle), then I open the damper to the inside to get the heat with low humidity into the house. Another suggestion is to go and buy one of those clothes dryer vents so when the dryer is running you can vent the heat and humidity into the house instead of outside, just be careful not to make your house too humid to prevent mold growth and other damage. Keep the furnace fan on to circulate the air.

If you do not have a humidity gauge for the house I recommend buying one too because having the correct humidity in your house during the winter is important and having the proper level can make you feel warmer with the furnace set to a lower temp!

This will save $ on running the furnace and a humidifier if you have one.

When you don’t want the heat/humidity they allow you to close the damper to vent outside.

Another trick I use is when I don’t want the humidity in the house, I vent outside and let the dryer run for a while to get rid of most of the water from the clothes (about half way thru the drying cycle), then I open the damper to the inside to get the heat with low humidity into the house.

]]> By: Canadian Dream http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2008/10/24/green-spot-how-to-waste-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-13248 Canadian Dream Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:48:51 +0000 http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/?p=545#comment-13248 Related to this read this story on a cool house (or rather warm without a furance). http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081020.whomes20/BNStory/Science/home Tim Related to this read this story on a cool house (or rather warm without a furance).

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081020.whomes20/BNStory/Science/home

Tim

]]> By: MoneyGrubbingLawyer http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/2008/10/24/green-spot-how-to-waste-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-13245 MoneyGrubbingLawyer Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:05:52 +0000 http://blog.canadian-dream-free-at-45.com/?p=545#comment-13245 Great tips. Conserving energy is for sissies, anyway. I had no idea that leaving hot bathwater in the tub would make a difference, but I guess it makes sense. Great tips. Conserving energy is for sissies, anyway.

I had no idea that leaving hot bathwater in the tub would make a difference, but I guess it makes sense.

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