Efficiency · 4 min read
How to Improve Heating and Cooling Efficiency in Your Home
Practical steps that reduce run time and even out comfort, starting with airflow.
Start with airflow, because it costs the least and affects the most. Clean filters on schedule, keep supply and return vents unblocked by furniture and rugs, and make sure nothing is stored against the return.
Use your thermostat deliberately. A consistent schedule that matches when you are actually home reduces run time without the comfort penalty of large swings, and a correctly located thermostat reads your home more accurately.
Address the envelope where it is easy: weather-stripping, sealing obvious gaps and using window coverings during peak sun all reduce how hard the system has to work.
Then let maintenance do its part. Clean coils, verified airflow and properly set controls are the difference between equipment that meets its rated performance and equipment that quietly falls short of it year after year.
Questions about your own system? Call Thermetix Mechanical Inc. at 647-227-1214 or request service.