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What Is Air Conditioning and Heating
Your home protects you from the elements - keeps you shielded from the sun and wind, and dry when it rains and snows. Your air conditioning and heating system is what makes your protective home relaxing and inviting - cooling you from the intensive summer heat and humidity, then warming you when it’s freezing outside.Improving the quality of your life
Whether you live in a 500 square foot apartment or a 5,000 square foot home, air conditioning and heating - often called a home comfort system - can improve the well being and quality of your life.
Like its name implies, a central air conditioner works from a central location to distribute conditioned air throughout your house or building. What’s the difference between a home comfort system and a window or wall-mounted air conditioner? Window- or wall-mounted room air conditioners or portable heaters are designed to work in small areas. A central air conditioner and heater works with a forced air furnace or heat pump to deliver whole-building comfort.
A wide variety of home comfort systems
From basic, energy-saving models to sophisticated, technology-based systems, there are a wide variety of home comfort systems to choose from. Heating and cooling system installation requirements differ depending on the type of your home or building. Some homes were designed for split systems, with the air conditioner or heat pump outside and the furnace or air handler with cooling coil inside. While other homes were built to accommodate a single package unit outside the house, with only the ductwork and supply/returns inside.
The decisions you make about heating, ventilation and air conditioning - or HVAC - in your home or business directly affect your monthly energy usage and utility bills, as well as your health. Throughout this site, you’ll learn more about the costs and benefits of a new home comfort system vs. an older system, find valuable information about air filters and air purifiers, gather tips on air conditioning maintenance and installation, and learn what to look for in choosing a company to install your home comfort system.
Features & Benefits
The bottom line with any air conditioning and heating system: Comfort.
Depending on your needs and budget, you may choose a basic, efficient unit or a state-of-the art total home comfort system. Whatever system you choose, today’s air conditioning and heating systems are designed and built to operate quietly and deliver outstanding energy efficiency - which can translate into big savings on your utility bills, year after year.
Following are just a few of the features and benefits of a modern home comfort system:
- Increased home comfort
- Precise temperature control
- Clean, purified air free of odors, mold spores, allergens, bacteria, viruses and chemicals
- Humidity control
- Whisper-quiet, efficient equipment and air flow
- Return on investment and added value to your home
- Significant energy savings
- Reliable heating and cooling all year long
- Manufacturer-backed warranties
- Easy to use
- Attractive appearance
Repair or Replace?
It’s a fact - all mechanical systems weren’t made to last forever. And one of the most difficult decisions any homeowner faces is whether to repair or replace an aging air conditioning and heating system.Here are just a few things to consider about your outdated system:
- Out of warranty means costly repairs
- Inefficient operations waste energy - increasing your electric bill
- Unbalanced airflow makes it harder to cool rooms
- Constant on and off cycling is as noisy as it is an energy waster
- Circulates as much dust around the house as air
Did you know that?
Of the hundreds of heating and air conditioning systems that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power examined:
- 90 % of the units had some sort of energy-wasting problem
- 50 % had an improper refrigerant charge resulting in wasted energy, as well as shortened equipment life
- 40 % failed to meet minimum airflow requirements
Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating (SEER) - What is it?
Air conditioner efficiency is often rated by the Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER). The higher the SEER rating of a unit, the more energy efficient it is. When deciding whether to repair or replace, it’s important to factor in a comfort system’s SEER.
The costs of ownership
Depending on the type of home comfort system you have, the total annual costs to keep an older system can be substantial.
| Details: | 3 Ton: | 4 Ton: | 5 Ton: |
| Electrical energy waste | $3,223.00 | $4,294.00 | $5,370.00 |
| Gas energy waste | $1,117.00 | $1,505.00 | $1,882.00 |
| Service repairs for aging equipment | $2,091.00 | $2,423.00 | $2,642.00 |
| Price increases in equipment over 5 years | $1,224.00 | $1,632.00 | $2,040.00 |
| Increased labor costs over 5 years | $612.00 | $816.00 | $1,020.00 |
| Total Extra Cost: | $8,267.00 | $10,667.00 | $12,954.00 |
Air Purifiers
Although you may spend hours each week keeping your house meticulously clean, the quality of your home’s air and environment may still be less than ideal. Why? The answer lies in the tight construction of today’s new houses. While a sealed-in home makes it much more energy efficient, it also traps dust, bacteria and viruses, odors, smoke and other pollutants that impact the quality of your home’s air.Different home air purifiers solve different problems
There are several technologies that provide significant improvement to office and home indoor air quality, including HEPA air purifiers, that typically also use activated carbon and sometimes UV purification.
Additionally, you can choose from a portable air purifier that you can move from room to room, or you can add a purifier to your central air conditioning system that cleans, freshens and sterilizes the air in an entire house or building with UV-C light.
The type of home air purifier to consider depends on which kinds of home pollutants you’d like to eliminate. If you have asthma or allergies, you will want an air purifier with a HEPA filter. If you are concerned about absorbing chemicals, gases and odors, you will want to consider purifiers that address these issues. If your house is particularly dry, you can both clean and humidify it with certain air purifier models.
Home Comfort Systems
There are a variety of home comfort system configurations. The appropriate choice will depending on which part of the country you live in and the type of home that you have. The two main system configurations are the split system and the packaged unit.The split system
This system requires both an outdoor unit and one inside your home. It can be composed of an air conditioner, furnace and coil or a heat pump and air handler. Or, a split system can include a heat pump and furnace, or an air conditioner and air handler.
The packaged unit
Rather than having a separate unit outdoors and in, a packaged unit home comfort system houses all heating and cooling components in a single cabinet.
What’s in my home comfort system?
Whether you choose a split system or packaged unit, your home comfort system will feature the following components:
The value of a new system
Replacing your home comfort system now will give you all the benefits of reliable, clean, healthy and comfortable indoor air. Even better, it will add up to $15,000 to the value of your home, while saving you an average of $10,000 in five years over the costs to run an older, inefficient system!
