If you’re planning on purchasing a new air conditioner this year, it’s important that you familiarize yourself with SEER efficiency ratings. By taking the time to educate yourself on what SEER is and what you should look for, you will get the most value from your cooling system upgrade.
Conserving Energy in Your Kansas City Home: Beating the Heat Doesn’t Have to Mean Busting the Budget
With outdoor temperatures getting hotter in the Kansas City area, a homeowner can get frustrated at the constant battle to beat the heat while conserving energy. However, a number of strategies and innovations are available if you want to cool down your home without busting your budget. Perhaps the most important one is getting your cooling system tuned up annually. If …
Summer Heat Gain Is Your Loss: A Prevention Strategy
Do you dread opening your utility bill from June through September? Does it seem like your air conditioner is on 24/7? If this sounds like you, your home is probably suffering from excessive summer heat gain. Heat gain happens when the radiant heat from the sun is absorbed by your home. The good news is there are plenty of ways to reduce …
Energy Star’s Most Efficient Label Points You To Top Performers
Choosing heating or cooling equipment and other energy-using appliances and products for your Kansas City area home can be a challenge. Energy Star’s Most Efficient label seeks to lessen the burden of this choice by allowing you to immediately identify high-efficiency, solid performing products. Let’s take a look at how this label can help you pick out the perfect HVAC appliance or …
Your Home’s Energy Efficiency Impacts The Balance-Point Setting On Your Heat Pump
Heat pumps deliver greater energy efficiency than any boiler or furnace, delivering up to 400 percent heat energy per electricity consumed. However, heat-pump efficiency stops the moment the balance point is reached and emergency electric heating begins. How quickly this happens during cold weather is greatly affected by your home’s energy efficiency.
R-22 in the News
Click Here to Download PDF Article Recently the EPA has tightened the reins on the production of R-22 refrigerant. The reasoning behind this goes back to the 1980’s when world scientists’ discovered the rapid depletion of the earth’s Ozone layers caused by Chorine evaporating into the earth’s atmosphere. Many chemicals we use for everyday life contain Chorine including bleach, table …
Energy Tax Credits Are Back On: Additional Tax Savings When Upgrading HVAC Equipment
If your home has older HVAC equipment that does not meet current energy-efficiency standards, at some point you’re going to need to upgrade to higher-efficiency equipment. Legislation President Obama signed on Jan. 2, 2013 to avoid the “fiscal cliff” includes reinstatement of federal energy tax credits for residential energy-efficiency improvements that lapsed at the end of 2011. This makes many …
How To Program Your Thermostat For The Greatest Savings
If you’d like to maximize energy savings in your Kansas City-area home, you should consider having one or more programmable thermostats installed. Numerous energy-saving benefits come with being able to program your thermostat to fit your daily and weekly schedulers. Check out the following tips to figure out how to best program your thermostat.
Replacing Your Water Heater? Here’s What To Compare
If your water heater is more than 10 years old and showing signs of aging, such as needing frequent repairs or leaking, it’s probably time to buy a replacement. Since water heaters are the third largest energy expense in most homes, after heating and cooling, replacing your water heater with a newer, more efficient model will provide significant savings on …
3 Ways To Boost Home HVAC Performance And Energy Savings
Whether it’s summer or winter, it’s important to have a smoothly operating cooling and heating system. It’s also important to save energy, and make sure that HVAC system is operating at peak performance. Even if you have an energy-efficient system, it might still be wasting energy if you’re not using it correctly. Fortunately, there are a few things you can …