By taking a whole-house HVAC system approach to the equipment in your Lorain area home, you can stop fixating on the heat during winter and the air conditioning during summer, and make maintenance decisions that benefit you year-round.
What is a Whole-House HVAC System Approach?
Instead of thinking of your home’s furnace as a separate machine independent of your Lorain home’s central air conditioning, consider them together as part of a single HVAC system benefiting your whole house. Your heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems work together to keep you comfortable and healthy.
Components of Your Home’s HVAC System
- Comfortable heating usually means an efficient furnace or heat pump.
- Ventilation means your home’s supply and return ductwork, air handler, windows and doors, vents, and any filtration you may have.
- Air conditioning means the split-system or single package central air conditioner, comprising a condenser, compressor, air handler and evaporator coil, among other components.
By taking a whole-house HVAC system approach, you see the inter-related parts working together. For example, your furnace shares your home’s ductwork with the central air conditioner. The ductwork provides paths for either hot or cool air as needed. One or more programmable thermostats control both your furnace and central air conditioner.
Basic Science
When you take a whole-house HVAC system approach to maintaining and purchasing home comfort equipment, you realize you are simply moving heat through your home in winter, and moving it out during summer. You save money by gaining the greatest heat energy from your fuel choice during heating season, and shedding the heat efficiently during summer. You also make sure air leaks are located and sealed up and insulation where needed. You can work to save money all year long.
Hot Button Issues
Some parts of your HVAC system overlap – the ductwork and thermostats are used by both heating and cooling devices. This means problems in your ductwork or with your thermostat will affect you year-round.
With ductwork, you can keep things working efficiently by checking, cleaning or replacing the air filter frequently. For your battery-powered thermostat, change the batteries at least annually, and double-check that the clock is set correctly.
For more guidance on taking a whole-house HVAC system approach for your Lorain area home, please contact us at Energy 1 Heating & Air Conditioning.
Our goal is to help educate our customers in Lorain, Ohio about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about HVAC systems and other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.
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