Save energy and reduce heating & cooling costs
with these helpful tips:
Your Furnace Life
Expectancy
How long can you expect your furnace to last?
According to information compiled from various consumer resources, trade
associations, and a study completed by the National Association of Home
Builders entitled The Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components, a
gas furnace that's properly installed and maintained can last up to 20 years.
ERVs & Indoor
Air Quality
Evidence suggests that traditional ventilation
methods, such as opening a window or using an exhaust fan, may not be enough to
control indoor humidity and airborne contaminants in recent tightly
constructed and insulated homes.
Is Your Furnace
Ready?
Don't wait until the first cold snap to make sure
your furnace is ready for the season. Here are a few minor tasks you can
perform, plus things you can ask your dealer to do, to ensure your furnace will
keep your home warm and comfortable all winter long.
Thermostat or
Control?
Unlike a thermostat, a control does more than just
monitor and adjust the temperature settings in your home. Newer controls,
like the Infinity Control, can accomplish amazing feats.
Phasing Out Freon
If your indoor home comfort system contains Freon
R-22 refrigerant, it's an endangered species. Once the industry standard for
air conditioning applications, Freon R-22 is an ozone depleting substance and
is being phased out under the Clean Air Act. In response to the phase out, we pioneered
the introduction of a chlorine-free, non-ozone depleting refrigerant called
Puron in 1996, six years before other manufacturers caught up.
Beat the Summer
Heat
Why consider two-stage cooling? The technology
supports longer cooling cycles that help to eliminate hot spots and maintain a
more even, consistent temperature throughout your home. In general, two-stage
cooling will deliver more comfort for the least amount of energy this
summer.
How's the Air
Inside?
Home sweet home...unless the air quality inside
your home is causing sneezing, stuffiness, headaches, fatigue or dizziness. If
your health problems are the result of exposure to indoor air pollution, turn
to us to help improve your air quality
and increase your comfort with a complete line of indoor air quality products.
Two-Stage Makes
Sense
Why consider two-stage cooling? The technology
supports longer cooling cycles that help to eliminate hot spots and maintain a
more even, consistent temperature throughout your home. In general, two-stage
cooling delivers more comfort for the least amount of energy.
A/C Maintenance
Saves Money
Did you know that 90% of all air
conditioner breakdowns are the result of little or no maintenance? Or that an
air conditioner loses roughly 5% of its original efficiency each year it
operates without upkeep? If you haven't had a clean and check
performed recently on your air conditioner system, it's probably not operating
at optimum efficiency. That means the 12 SEER unit you bought just a few years
ago may be functioning like a 9 SEER unit—causing your air conditioning unit to
work harder to cool your home and also increasing your energy bills.
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