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Designing And Retrofitting Your Home For Passive Solar

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Designing And Retrofitting Your Home For Passive Solar

Homeowners who take advantage of passive solar home design can boost energy savings by lowering the heating and cooling load of their homes. Passive solar design is most easily accomplished when building or remodeling a home, requiring a more manageable investment than investing in active solar equipment, like photovoltaic panels.
There are five basic concepts to using passive solar:

If you’re interested in passive solar design, contact your local solar experts at Acosta Heating & Cooling today! We’ve been serving ...

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MAY
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Categories: Cooling, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, Heating, Solar

The Ductless Mini Split: An Innovative Solution For A Unique Situation

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The Ductless Mini Split: An Innovative Solution For A Unique Situation

A ductless mini split could be the solution to your home’s unique heating and cooling situation. One of its main advantages is that a mini split doesn’t require ductwork to operate, extending installation options beyond where ductwork is located and often minimizing costs, too.

There are several other distinct advantages to using a ductless mini split, including:

A ductless mini split is an efficient, flexible solution to your home heating and cooling needs. For more information, contact Acosta Heating ...

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Categories: Air Conditioning, Air Ducts, Cooling, Ductless Mini-Splits, Energy Efficiency, Heat Pumps, Heating, Installation, Zoning Systems

Use Ceiling Fans During Winter To Drive Energy Savings

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Use Ceiling Fans During Winter To Drive Energy Savings

You’re probably well aware of how useful ceiling fans are in summertime, but many homeowners are surprised to learn that they can be just as effective in winter. Ceiling fans can help you feel warmer, and may actually reduce your heating costs.

Summer vs. winter

Energy savings

Using your fan in winter helps reduce your energy bills because it allows you to set your thermostat a few degrees lower without sacrificing comfort. The fan itself uses a fairly negligible amount of electricity (the ...

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22
MAR
0

Categories: Cooling, Energy Efficiency, Fans, Heating

The Ductless Mini-Split: A Heating And Cooling System That Does A Mighty Big Job

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The Ductless Mini-Split: A Heating And Cooling System That Does A Mighty Big Job

Ductless mini-split heating and cooling systems offer homeowners a space-saving alternative to larger conventional furnaces, air conditioners and heat pumps. When properly sized for your home, mini splits are just as powerful and effective as larger units that rely on a bulky network of ducts to distribute conditioned air around your home.

The main controller of a ductless mini-split system is the central outdoor unit. As many as four smaller air-handling units are attached to this unit through a conduit in ...

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15
MAR
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Categories: Air Conditioning, Cooling, Ductless Mini-Splits, Energy Efficiency, Heating

What Clicks, Pops And Goes Boom? An Ailing Heating System

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What Clicks, Pops And Goes Boom? An Ailing Heating System

Many furnaces may run quietly, but you can never expect a heating system to operate silently. There will always be some level of noise coming from your furnace as it runs, such as noise from the blower motor, from the burners switching on and off, or from components humming or rattling. However, if your furnace is starting to produce louder noises, more frequent noises, or noises you’ve never heard before, there’s a good chance that the system is in trouble ...

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13
MAR
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Categories: Furnaces, Heating, Preventative Maintenance, Service & Maintenance

Heat Pump Anatomy: How All Those Parts Work Together To Deliver Efficient Cooling And Heating

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Heat Pump Anatomy: How All Those Parts Work Together To Deliver Efficient Cooling And Heating

If you’re looking to upgrade your existing home comfort systems, a heat pump makes good economic sense. Heat pumps provide both heating and cooling and do so very efficiently. They do not burn combustible fuel to produce heat, but use electrical power during both heating and cooling operations. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, heat pumps can produce three to four times as much heat energy as the electrical energy they consume, making them very efficient choices.

Heat pumps move ...

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MAR
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Categories: Cooling, Energy Efficiency, Heat Pumps, Heating

Uneven Heating? A Zoning System Can Address That Problem

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Uneven Heating? A Zoning System Can Address That Problem

It’s common for homes to experience uneven levels of heating and cooling for a variety of reasons, including poor installation of HVAC equipment, or home design elements. But a zoning system can help to improve home comfort, and provide consistent, comprehensive heating throughout the winter, while maximizing energy savings, too.

A factor that contributes to uneven heating is the single thermostat. Most homes have just one thermostat, located generally on the first floor in a central area, and that lone thermostat ...

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Categories: Heating, Programmable, Thermostats, Zoning Systems

Heating Efficiency: Four Ways To Help Your Furnace And Ductwork Do Their Job

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Heating Efficiency: Four Ways To Help Your Furnace And Ductwork Do Their Job

If solutions existed that could maximize your heating efficiency, wouldn’t you want to know about them? Acosta Heating & Cooling mission is to help homeowners stay comfortable and save money, and we don’t “hide” industry secrets from homeowners — we help them. With that in mind, here are four of our best tips to help you optimize the efficiency of your heating system for the ultimate in energy savings.

The ductwork in your home is prone to losing energy. Because ...

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FEB
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Categories: Air Ducts, Ductwork, Energy Efficiency, Furnaces, Heating, Preventative Maintenance, Sealing Air Leaks

Holding Down Your Heating Costs Without Spending a Fortune

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Holding Down Your Heating Costs Without Spending a Fortune

It’s possible to lower your heating costs without investing a significant amount of money by using a multiple-pronged approach that will impact the overall efficiency of your home, and its heating system. Use one or more of the tips below to start saving on heating costs immediately.

No-cost tips:

Tips that are low in cost:

You can ward off high heating costs this winter by implementing a combination of the above energy-saving tips, and reduce the amount of energy your home systems consume. ...

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JAN
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Categories: Energy Efficiency, Heating, Insulation, Sealing Air Leaks

The Variable-Speed Blower Motor: An Impressive Component Of Furnace Efficiency

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Your heating system includes a blower as one of its primary components. If you’re considering an upgrade, it’s worth your time to explore how a variable-speed blower motor can increase your home comfort and savings.

Variable-speed blower motors enhance home comfort

When a furnace blower has the ability to function at a variety of speeds, and do so continuously, it enables you to benefit by:

  • Upgrading home comfort. Variable-speed technology allows the furnace blower to cycle on at a lower speed, where as single-speed ...
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JAN
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Categories: Furnaces, Heating, IAQ - Indoor Air Quality

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