North Carolina Petroleum Marketers Association

Carolina Fuel Institute

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Welcome REALTORS®

Click here for the Realtor® Library with valuable information to make the sale of oil heated homes easy and for details on the special Realtors® only drawing.

Click here for REALTOR^®/CONSUMER INFORMATION ORDER FORM

Home heating oil is promoted through the Carolina Fuel Institute, Inc. Brochures and statement stuffers are furnished free to members who pay dues to the fuel oil fund of NCPMA.

This product is also promoted to the HVAC contractors in North Carolina with participation in their trade show and one-on-one contact through our Technical Director and Trade Show Director. Burner schools are held in the Training Building, which is equipped in the latest fuel oil equipment, located on the property of NCPMA.

There is extensive contact with realtors® in North Carolina via inserts in The North Carolina Realtor® magazine, presentations to local realtor® associations giving those in attendance handouts for their information as well as information to purchasers of oil heated homes. These materials are also available to realtors who request them through the oil heat hotline.

An extensive campaign has been conducted to promote oil for tobacco curing since the tobacco companies have stated that only indirect-fired cured tobacco will be purchased after July 1, 2001. Our Technical Director has been in close contact with the Extension Division of North Carolina State College, involving oil equipment companies, etc. CFI purchased a full page ad in the April issue of The Flue-Cured Tobacco Farmer magazine and an eight-page insert in the November issue. CFI also promotes oil by participating in farm shows.

Key Benefits

Brochures, newsletters and statement stuffers promoting oil heat

Education

Participation in trade shows

Advertising in magazines

Contact with realtors through presentations and mailings

Oil Heat Links/Resources

Carlin Burners: www.carlincombustion.com

Beckett Burners: www.beckettcorp.com/

Click on "Oilheat Professionals"

User name is: Prof Password is: Info

Oilheat Manufacturers Assoc.: http://www.oilheating.com/oma/Welcome.html

National Oilheat Service Managers: http://www.naohsm.org/

Oil Heat Information: http://www.oilheat.com/

Monitor Kerosene Heaters: http://www.carswelldist.com/

Crown Engineering Corp: http://www.crownengineering.com/

Waste Oil Heaters: http://www.usedoilheaters.com/

US Petroleum (Gasoline, Diesel, Fuel Oil, Propane, Natural Gas) Information: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/info_glance/petroleum.html

R.E. Michel Co. (Oil Parts): http://www.remichel.com

NC State University "Home*A*Syst": http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/assist/homeassist/fuel/

Oil Heat America: http://oilheatamerica.com/

National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA): http://www.nora-oilheat.org/

National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) education center: http://www.norastore.org/

Articles of Interest

Visit Oilheat America for the benefits of Oilheat

NORA Produces New Guides for Heating Oil (pdf)

NORA Produces Guides for Installation & Maintenance of Oil Tanks (pdf)

Fuel Oil Info

* Heating Oil Comparisons

* Fuel Oil Travels Tobacco Road (register at Petroretail.net to read article)

Home Energy Cost Calculator for Your Area Via Internet

The Home Energy Saver is designed to help consumers identify the best ways to save energy in their homes, and find the resources to make the savings happen. The Home Energy Saver was the first Internet-based tool for calculating energy use in residential buildings. The project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of the national ENERGY STAR Program for improving energy efficiency in homes.

The Home Energy Saver quickly computes a home's energy use on-line based on methods developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. By changing one or more features of the modeled home, users can estimate how much energy and money can be saved and how much pollution prevented by implementing energy-efficiency improvements. All end uses (heating, cooling, major appliances, lighting, and miscellaneous uses) are included.

The Home Energy Saver's Energy Advisor calculates energy use and savings opportunities, based on a detailed description of the home provided by the user. Users can begin the process by simply entering their zip code, and in turn receive instant initial estimates. By providing more information about the home the user will receive increasingly customized results along with energy-saving upgrade recommendations.

The Energy Advisor calculates heating and cooling consumption using the DOE-2 building simulation program (version 2.1E), developed by the U.S. Department of Energy. The program performs a full annual simulation for a typical weather year (involving 8760 hourly calculations) in about 10-20 seconds, after the user assembles the necessary information describing their home. Users can choose from 239 weather locations around the United States. There are 6 weather areas for North Carolina. Default energy prices for each fuel and state are also available, or users can enter a specific price of their choosing.

The Energy Advisor calculates domestic water heating energy consumption using a detailed model developed by LBNL researchers. Users can see how household size, age of occupants, equipment efficiencies, and water inlet temperatures affect bottom-line energy costs.

Fuel Oil Marketers can access the main web site at http://www.homeenergysaver.lbl.gov/. Enter you zip code in the box and click go. The program will then go to an average home energy cost for the zip code entered. You can do price comparisons for heating fuels and water heaters by clicking on "Customize for my Home".

Home Energy Cost Calculator for Your Area Via Internet

For more information contact:

Tim Laughlin - tlaughlin@ncpcm.org