Environment

A competent installer, after determining there’s adequate electrical capacity in the house, will consider the age of the current furnace and how it matches with a new heat pump.

Everyone is welcome. There’ll be pizza at the end and-we’ll all be home in time for the Super Bowl.

Battery technology is currently a very hot topic, with research into new types of batteries occurring at a torrid pace.

You may have your own sustainability projects and priorities in mind, projects that will fit within the Sustainable Orillia mandate and which may benefit from SO funding, communications and resourcing.

McIsaac believes good progress has been made on a number of fronts; however, he strongly emphasized the need to take more action and to take it further

It appears, however, the lack of action to date by national and state or provincial governments—including Canada’s—means a much higher rise in temperature is likely.

Some contractors may claim heat pumps don’t work well in Orillia’s climate and are still interested in installing gas equipment. But, there are an increasing number of installers experienced in heat pumps.

ShareBy Gord Ball – Special to SUNonline/Orillia As another Orillia winter approaches, many local cyclists are putting their bikes away