The Benefits Of Zoned HVAC For Your Home
If you’re looking to save money on your residential cooling bill once the heat and humidity in Englewood, Florida really kick in, now is the time to contact one of the Symbiont Service Air Conditioning professionals about the installation of a zoned A/C system for your home. We are going to explain the benefits of zoned HVAC for your home.
Having your home set up in “zones” means the HVAC system will cool (or heat, when necessary) a specific area or room in your home based on its temperature. For example, the kitchen may require more cooling power than the living room and when it is cooled by zone, that will occur without your having to lift a finger. It all starts with zoned heating and cooling.
When you don’t have zoned heating in your home, you are looking at cooling rooms that may not need it as often, rooms that are too cool and rooms that are never cool enough. Without zoned HVAC you’re cooling the home in an inefficient manner.
The Benefits Of Zoned HVAC For Your Home
This is how zoned HVAC systems work (with a bit of background on the system)
- Warm air rises
- The upper levels of your home will be warmer than the first floor
- Rooms that face the sun or rooms that have a lot of windows will be hotter than other rooms in the house
- A traditional heating and cooling system pumps out the same level of cooled or heated air, but not all rooms are created equally and don’t need to be heated and cooled equally. You know how it is when you look at the thermostat and it reads 72 degrees, but one room is sweltering and in the other you need to don a sweater!
When your home is equipped with a zoned system each zone has a separate thermostat and that means each zone is heated and cooled based on the zone and what the room requires.
How can you save on utilities with a zoned system?
- When you zone your home, you’re not wasting energy by having to cool the entire house, when you’re only inhabiting a portion of it. If you’re not in a zone, turn it up so it’s not being cooled more than necessary
- When you program each zone based on its usage you’re saving money because each zone is cooled according to its use. For example, does the kitchen need to be as cool when you’re sleeping? Do the bedrooms need to be cooled when you’re not sleeping? Have your Symbiont Service Air Conditioning professional install programmable thermostats (and help you program them, if you need help) during a zoned HVAC installation
You may not need to make wholesale changes to your residential HVAC system because almost any type of forced-air system can be adapted to a zoned system. A forced-air system with variable speeds will enhance your energy savings – ask us about that.
You may need to invest in:
- Dampers that are motorized to ensure the cooled air is pushed to the zone that requires it
- Programmable control panels that will control all the zones
- Programmable thermostats for each zone in the home
For information on home zoning systems, contact us at Symbiont Service Corp.
Our goal is to educate our customers about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For information about zoning systems and other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.
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