Although I spent a lot of money on heating plus cooling for our home, the investment was definitely worth it.
- I live in an area that requires a powerful gas furnace in the Winter time plus effective cooling during the Summer months, however since I rely on some type of temperature control just about all year round, energy efficiency is a priority.
The cost of keeping a comfortable lake house makes up about half of our energy bills. In order to minimize running costs, I combined an electric heat pump plus gas gas furnace in a dual fuel system. This wasn’t cheap. I think it was worth it. The heat pump performs the task of an cooling system during the summer. It keeps the condo nice plus cool however is more energy efficient than a convention central cooling system. Plus, the heat pump is better at combating humidity, when the weather cools off, the heat pump switches to heating mode. It literally reverses operation to find ambient warmth in the outdoor air plus transfer it inside. This process is especially efficient plus also really clean, safe plus environmentally friendly. There is no combustion process, which eliminates the concern over carbon monoxide plus other greencondo gas emissions. The negative of a heat pump is that it can’t handle demand once the outside temperature falls below cold, then at that point, there’s no longer satisfactory ambient heat available, plus the gas furnace automatically takes over. The heat pump plus gas furnace chop the workload, taking advantage of the most effective system at any given time. I save money on heating plus cooling costs plus can expect both units to last longer.