Heater upgrades at low-income households in the Philadelphia area

More about the project

To provide safety, comfort, and family stability, the Energy Coordinating Agency will replace 13 heaters at low-income households in the Philadelphia region.

The ECA will install high-efficiency condensing furnaces that operate at a 90 percent efficiency: Older models operate between a 60 and 70 percent efficiency. Over the lifetime of these six heaters, more than $64,000 in energy costs will be saved as well as 366,938 lbs of CO₂. In addition, the heaters are expected to save each household about $536 over the next year.

The $25,000 the ECA will raise on NGE's listing site will finance six of these 13 systems. Read more about this project's specifics.

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More about the Energy Coordinating Agency

The Energy Coordinating Agency of Philadelphia, Penn. is dedicated to solving the energy problems of low-income families.  Early in the 1990s, the City of Philadelphia contracted with the ECA to administer a Heater Hotline program, which provides emergency repair services to low-income households. This program repairs more than 3,600 heating systems every year. However, many heaters that the organization inspects are beyond repair and funds for heater replacements are extremely limited. Learn more about the ECA and its mission on its website.

Supporters of the ECA's heater upgrades

Pamela Carunchio

Hazel Elgart

Pauline Lewin

Forbes Little

Dominic McGraw

David McVeigh-Schultz

local + GREEN business supporters