Heating Comparison Tool

Heating Comparison Tool

Compare heating and cooling systems by installation cost, operating cost, annual savings, payback period, and CO2 reduction.

For this tool you will need your electricity price, fossil fuel price, heating zone, and the installation cost assumptions for each system.

Contact and Energy Inputs

Values and formulas match the Heating sheet from the new spreadsheet.

Name

Email

Electricity Price ($/kWh)

Spreadsheet default: $0.175/kWh.

Fossil Fuel Type

The calculator converts the entered base price using the sheet's fuel price factor.

Fossil Fuel Base Price

Spreadsheet default: 1.4. Effective fuel price is factor x base price.

Electricity Intensity

Choose an eGrid subregion or use natural gas/coal intensity.

Heating Zone

Spreadsheet Heating tab supports Zone 2 through Zone 6.

Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6

Furnace A/C is the baseline system. Savings, payback, % CO2 reduction, and CO2/$ are calculated for each alternative against Furnace A/C.

Installation Costs

Defaults are from row 7 of the Heating sheet.

Furnace A/C

Furnace HP $

Furnace HP Env

HP Resistance

GSHP

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Adjust inputs to update the model, then export the report.

Best Annual Savings $0

Best CO2 Reduction 0%

Best Payback N/A

Lowest CO2 System N/A

Heating Comparison

System	Installation Cost	Operating Cost/yr	Savings/yr	Payback Period	CO2/yr	% CO2 Reduction	CO2/$