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Home Heating Tool

Do you know how much you could save?

Two thirds of Nova Scotians do not heat with electricity. Answer the questions below for energy saving tips to help you reduce your energy use and better understand your heating system.

What is your fuel type?

Choose your fuel type by clicking the appropriate selection

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Click here if you heat with oil.

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Click here if you heat with natural gas or propane

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Click here if you heat with electricity

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How is heat delivered within your home?

Choose the space heating equipment in your home by clicking the appropriate selection. If you are interested in learning more about these systems, click "Learn More."

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You have hot water heating if your home has cast iron radiators or hot water baseboards connected to a boiler by larger piping.

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You heat with a warm air distribution system if the furnace blows warm air throughout the home using sheet metal ducting. Heat is delivered to each room with vents in the floor, wall, or ceiling.

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If your floor is warm, you have a boiler; and if you don’t have radiators or baseboard heaters, you likely have a radiant heating system.

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How do you heat your hot water?

Choose the water heating equipment in your home by clicking the appropriate selection. If you are interested in learning more about these systems, click "Learn More."

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Tankless water heaters mount on the side of the boiler. Look for two water pipes attached to a plate on the boiler.

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An indirect water heater is an insulated tank with two pipes connecting to the water system and two pipes connecting to the boiler.

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A standalone water heater is a tank with an oil burner on the bottom and a vent out the top.

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Compare your Oil Usage

Enter your home size, age, and oil usage to see how you compare to other Nova Scotians living in a home similar to yours.

Your Home

If you buy all your oil from the same supplier, give them a call to find out your oil consumption over the past year.

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Similar Home

Based on expected energy usage of similarly sized and age homes.

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Predicted oil usage is based on Nova Scotian homes that have been modeled in Natural Resources Canada’s HOT2000 software as part of Efficiency Nova Scotia’s Home Energy Assessment service.

Energy Saving Tips

Based on the choices you have made, please review the tips below that are relevant to your home's heating system

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