What Size Heat Pump Is Right for My Home?
One of the most important questions to answer when purchasing and installing any new heating or cooling system, no matter what type, is what size is best for your North Bethesda home. You need something that has enough capacity…
How Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality Controls Can Help People with Asthma
There is evidence to suggest that higher quality air can help keep asthma symptoms in check. While you can’t control air quality everywhere you go, you can be in charge of the quality of the air in your Clarksburg home.
What is a Downflow vs. an Upflow Furnace?
When you go looking to buy a furnace, you may well be surprised by how many different elements go into making a good purchasing decision. There are simply so many different kinds of furnaces available now…
Furnace Safety Tips from Darnestown
There are many advantages to a safely operating furnace in your Darnestown home. The most important are the safety and comfort of a home’s occupants and the cost of running the furnace. There are several things you can do…
How to Maximize Savings in Your New Market Home
When you are thinking about different ways you might be able to save money around your New Market house, the tendency is to think big. Maybe you need to upgrade to a more energy efficient furnace, or it could be time to install a new central air conditioning system.
Is it Possible to Vent Hot Air from a Garage? A Question From Bethesda
If you have a garage in Bethesda, you know how hot it can get in there on a warm summer day. In fact, the air in your garage is likely hotter and more humid than the air right outside. Of course, you may not spend a lot of time in your garage, so reducing the temperature in there might not be an immediate concern for you. But just like heat buildup in your attic, higher temperatures in your garage can have negative effects on the temperature in the rest of your home.
Air Conditioners and Energy Use by Percentage
It’s no secret that air conditioners use up a lot of electricity and can add substantially to your energy bills during those warm summer months. But did you know that they actually account for an estimated 11% of the total energy used in all buildings in the US each year? This is a staggering figure and makes it easy to see why it’s best to invest in the most energy efficient system possible.
Who Invented Air Conditioning?
People have always looked for ways to stay cool in the heat of the summer. But it wasn’t until 1902 that the first modern air conditioner was put into service in Brooklyn, NY…
Inverter vs Conventional Models
When trying to pick out the right air conditioner for your home, you’ll probably stumble across mention of inverter technology. Air conditioners using inverter technology are quite similar to conventional air conditioners in many respects, but they have some distinct advantages under certain circumstances…