Monday, May 11, 2015

Lowering your Heating and Cooling Footprint

Today is a different world that we live in. Many Baby boomers are down-sizing and selling their large homes and moving into much smaller places. They are looking at lots of different ways to save money in the home. Many of these are the common with the building technology such as low e windows, better insulated doors and Extra insulation in the attic and walls. Many of the baby boomers miss out on a couple of very important issues that help lower the monthly operating cost of the home. One item is their leaky ductwork. Statistics show that the average home built 10 to 20 years ago has a duct system that leaks 25% of the conditioned air to the attic or crawl space. So it’s very important to have that system sealed. The best Technology is the Aero Seal technology because it seals 95% to 100% of the leakage in the duct work and is certified by most utilities as the technology to buy when sealing your system. In northern Arizona Home Depot has a service Provider that has this technology.

The other very important operating cost if not the largest is the heating and cooling system. Now is the best time to look at the HVAC system because the heating and cooling technology has changed dramatically. Systems cost very little to operate. They are very quiet and come with long warranties. There are inverted technology’s that have been used in the US that are supper efficient. The system converts ac power to dc power which allows the system to operate in a variable speed maintaining the comfort in the home with very little operating costs. These are great systems used in conjunction with Solar Systems because they don’t put a great strain on the solar components and storage side of solar. The inverted technologies are also now heating with very low outdoor ambient conditions which in Northern Arizona is a plus. So there are lots of things to consider when trying to lower your energy costs and HVAC should be a big part of the plan.


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