Heating and Cooling

Heating & Air Conditioning Info & Ideas

Replacing Your Furnace Tips

When it comes to replacing a furnace, keep in mind that there are several different furnace replacement types & options. These include standard efficiency, mid-efficiency, high-efficiency, and Learn more >>

Selecting an Air Conditioner Size

To calculate the size of air conditioner you need, simply multiply the length times the width of the room or area to be cooled. Then, as a practical number, multiply that total times 25BTU. Learn more >>

21st Century Alternative-Heating

With systems such as solar heating, geothermal heating and alternative stoves becoming more affordable and available, many are turning away from fossil fuels and toward more dependable energy sources, such geothermal and green energy. Learn more >>

Solar Energy and Solar Power

Solar heat works by absorbing the sun’s radiation and converting this to heat energy. The concept of air movement, called natural convection, is an integral part of all successful solar heating. Learn more >>

Types of Air Conditioners

How Air Conditioners Work

Radiant Floor Systems

Geothermal Heating FYI’s

Digging Deep for Geothermal Heat

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Heating & Air Conditioning Savings & Value

Whether you live in the north or the south of the United States you will have some sort of heating or cooling device in your home. You will likely even have both of them. There are a variety of different ideas that you could implement into your home on both the heating and cooling sides, including geothermal heating. Make sure to look through these ideas and talk to your contractor about these and other options that may be open to you.

When it comes to heating your home, there are a lot of different options that you have including radiant flooring and geothermal heating. If you have access to natural gas for your home, one option you may want to consider is a gas furnace. If you do not have access to gas, you have a variety of other options as well. If you plan to use electricity as your major source of energy then you could use an electric furnace or baseboard heaters in your rooms. Another option you have is a solar power/energy. These are becoming much more popular as of late due to the other costs of energy starting to rise.

When it comes to cooling your home, you have a couple of different options. You could go with the more traditional air conditioning unit or you could look at using a geothermal unit. Geothermal power does not require gas, oil or wood to run and requires little maintenance.

Keep these heating and cooling ideas in mind when building or remodeling your home. Approaching your contractor with these ideas will help him understand what it is you are looking for and the ensuing dialog between you and your contractor will help you with your decision in which heating and/or cooling system you will be looking to have installed into your home.

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