Donald P. Dick Air Conditioning Blog: Posts Tagged ‘saving energy’

Redirecting Your Home’s Air by Closing Vents May Not Be the Best Solution

Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

Redirecting Your Home's Air by Closing Vents May Not Be the Best SolutionThere are a lot of suggestions for saving household energy these days, especially as utility costs increase. Some of these work better than others do for your Fresno area home. One common suggestion is to close off registers in unused parts of your home. This used to be true, but with modern HVAC systems, it can actually create more problems, and end up making your utility bills go up instead of down.

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A Zoning System Upgrade Can Offer Your Family the Ultimate in Comfort

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Improving the comfort of your Fresno area home could be as easy as installing a zoning system upgrade. In many cases, homeowners dissatisfied with home comfort are resigned to the idea that upgrading the HVAC equipment – whether furnace, A/C, boiler or heat pump – is the only solution to the problem. Before investing a large sum of money in a new system, talk to your HVAC contractor about a zoning system upgrade. A zoning system employs multiple thermostats for targeted indoor climate control, allowing home occupants to set temperatures in individual zones and saving energy by not providing heating or cooling to unoccupied areas.

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Ceiling Fans Help San Joaquin Valley Residents Increase Comfort

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Ceiling fans are an old technology, and have been used in the U.S.since before there was electricity to run them.

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