Please forgive me if there is a post on this site already on this topic but I have had no luck finding it.
I have a Country wood stove insert we use every morning when we get up and during the day on weekends. I installed an Intellicon- HW last year to the boiler and the year before that I had the house insulated (blown in cellulose)
I have kept track of oil use for my furnace which has an Amtrol hot water maker attached. I use oil for heat and hot water. In 2008 I used 890 gals of oil, 2009 774, 2010 696
So for the period from December 28 to January 30 2011 my gallons of oil use was .1081 per heating degree. I looked up at "weather underground" for heating degree days area here in Massachusetts.
Some of the reduction in use was a result of my 2 children getting there own places. Probably a big reason but...
How would you rate this use of .1081 gallons of oil per degree day. Is it great, good, poor, bad? The reason I ask is I am wondering if I have "maxed" out on steps I can take to cut back even more.
I don't see me increasing the use of the stove nor am I inclined to get into any project costing more than let's say a 1,000.
Thanks
I have a Country wood stove insert we use every morning when we get up and during the day on weekends. I installed an Intellicon- HW last year to the boiler and the year before that I had the house insulated (blown in cellulose)
I have kept track of oil use for my furnace which has an Amtrol hot water maker attached. I use oil for heat and hot water. In 2008 I used 890 gals of oil, 2009 774, 2010 696
So for the period from December 28 to January 30 2011 my gallons of oil use was .1081 per heating degree. I looked up at "weather underground" for heating degree days area here in Massachusetts.
Some of the reduction in use was a result of my 2 children getting there own places. Probably a big reason but...
How would you rate this use of .1081 gallons of oil per degree day. Is it great, good, poor, bad? The reason I ask is I am wondering if I have "maxed" out on steps I can take to cut back even more.
I don't see me increasing the use of the stove nor am I inclined to get into any project costing more than let's say a 1,000.
Thanks