I live in an area of the country that experiences all four seasons plus every category of weather extreme.
- The summers are especially moderate plus humid while the winters bring sub zero temperatures plus excessive amounts of snow.
The Spring is windy plus rainy while the fall is completely unpredictable. There is rarely a time when I can simply open the windows plus like fresh air… Just about all year round, it’s necessary to run either the air conditioning component or the oil furnace. The cost of heating plus cooling is responsible for approximately fifty percent of our household energy expenses. I have taken all sorts of measures to seal the thermal envelope plus prevent energy losses. I’ve replaced windows, insulated, caulked plus weatherstripped. While I’ve made an improvement in the efficiency of the oil furnace plus air conditioning unit, I’ve also eliminated natural ventilation, and getting fresh air into the new home to replace the stale air is important to healthy indoor air quality. When the new home is tightly sealed, contaminants become trapped. They get endlessly circulated by the heating plus cooling plan plus breathed in by family members. Because there are sources of pollution in just about every room in the house, it’s necessary to continually exchange the air. I consulted with a local Heating & Air Conditioning business about our concerns with musty smells, airborne contaminants plus terrible air quality, and she commanded the upgrade of a heat recovery ventilator. HRVs introduce fresh air into the new home year round without energy waste. In the winter, the ventilation plan uses the outgoing air to preheat incoming air plus lessen demands on the oil furnace. In the summer, ventilation works to combat humidity plus reduce the workload of the air conditioning unit. Both of us like a cleaner, healthier plus more comfortable home.
Heat pump installation