Natural gas is one of the most economical sources of energy for home heating. That’s why, according to the Natural Gas Supply Association’s naturalgas.org, 62 million homes (56 percent of the U.S.

The concept of the “high-efficiency furnace” in popular consciousness dates back to the 1980s. That’s when the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 required all new furnaces be 78 ...

Your furnace won’t fail on a sunny spring day. Think now about whether you want to replace it with a gas or electric unit.

“While heat pumps are a growing market on their own merits, this will effectively eliminate consumer choice for many homeowners and drive them to electrification.” Barton James has a problem with a ...

The DOE’s latest ruling means all new furnaces sold after 2028 will have to be high-efficiency condensing models.

Dear Jim: The repairman says I need a new gas furnace. He recommends a super-efficient one because my chimney also needs repairs. What are my options for the best comfort, and why is the chimney a ...

Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that gas furnaces cost less to run and burn cleaner than their oil counterparts? If I make the switch, how long should I expect it to take for me to pay back my initial ...

When Jack Schniepp’s furnace began to fail this winter in his two-story Bend home, he and his wife decided they’d tear it out and replace it with a heat pump. “We wanted to do it for climate-related ...

Natural gas furnaces are the most economical home heating devices — cheaper to operate than electric furnaces or baseboard heaters, heat pumps, geothermal or biomass. But energy use still can vary.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Lou Manfredini joins Lisa Dent in his weekly ...