Gas heat drives Berkshire County home building boom
A Berkshire County contractor promotes gas heat as the low cost, efficient choice for new and existing homes. He cites gas furnaces and gas appliances as keys to value, with savings in heating and cooling, and notes many buyers upgrade to gas heat when expanding or remodeling.
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Berkshire County
Lis Company
United States
Berkshire
National Homes
Berkshires
Berkshire Gas
Berkshire Gas Co
Oak Ridge Park Buyers Favor Gas Heat in New Homes
Oak Ridge Park home buyers overwhelmingly chose gas heat in the fastest growing development. Of 30 homes under way or contracted, 28 favored gas heat with only two preferring other heat types, aided by National Homes recommendations and low installation costs.
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Charles A. Field
Weedfield Inc
Meld
Oak Ridge Park
Field
National Homes
Blue Star Homes Guide Builders and Buyers to Quality
The Blue Star marks a collaborative standard among builder, architect, and gas company to ensure homes meet basic planning and modern equipment needs. Blue Star Homes cater to a wide range of buyers from newlyweds to families and seniors. To earn the Blue Star Award the builder must demonstrate functional design and include automatic gas cooking and water heating.
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American Gas Association
Blue Star
American Gas Association Laboratories
Gas heats 22 million homes as AGA cites rise in use
The American Gas Association reports 22 million homes heated by gas, an all time high, with 1.25 million new customers last year and nearly 4 million more by year’s end. Gas offers convenience, cleanliness, economy, safety, and instant heat with minimal maintenance.
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American Gas Association
En of
Gas Equipment Keeps Pace With Kitchen-Plan Changes
The American Gas Association notes kitchen design now centers on multitasking and convenience. Modern Blue Star homes use automatic gas ranges, washers, and dishwashers with Gold Star standards, rotisseries, thermometers, and built-in cooking aids for faster, more flexible meals.
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Webster
Blue Star
American Gas Association
America
Laundry in Bathroom Gains Popularity in Homes
The Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association endorses bathroom laundry setups, citing practicality. They note most laundry originates near bathroom or bedroom areas and that upstairs bathrooms sit above kitchen hot water and gas lines for efficient utility use.
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Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association
Blue Star Home requires large gas storage water heater
A Blue Star Home standard specifies a gas storage water heater delivering 80 gallons of hot water with a 100 degree F rise in the first two hours, and a minimum storage capacity of 30 gallons, ensuring ample hot water at economical cost.
Women Help Choose Gas Heating and Air Conditioning
Women increasingly participate in selecting home heating as gas systems merge heating and year round air conditioning. The American Gas Association notes cost savings across water heating cooking refrigeration and clothes drying with gas. Gas heats via forced warm air boilers and radiant floor systems, with add on air conditioners available for common methods.
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American Gas Association
Silent Servants Dominate Modern Gas Home Controls
A gas equipped residence now features about fifty automatic controls covering gas central heating cooking refrigerating water heating direct heating clothes drying and incinerating units as silent servants throughout the home highlighting advances in domestic automations.
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West Street
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Charles Fiell
Weedfield
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