Energy Efficiency: Don’t “Duct” Your Responsibility

You’d think twice about putting a new engine into an old car, right? Unfortunately, many households don’t take this same approach when it comets to their heating and cooling systems. They purchase new, high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment and then attach it to a clunker of a duct system. The equipment may heat and cool […]

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A Consumer’s Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Sizing Heating and Cooling Systems Older space conditioning systems (more that 10 years old) are often unreliable and much less efficient than a modern system. When it’s time for a new replacement, choosing one of the correct size (heating and/or cooling output) is critical to getting the best efficiency, comfort, and lowest maintenance and operating […]

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Who’s the Rumer-Loudin Guy?

When we started making television commercials about 10 years ago, all of our technicians were camera shy. One of the producers at WTOV Channel 9 suggested a guy he knew that performed dinner theater, was the Froggy Frog, and played guitar and sang with a member of some bands, one being “Two Friends Trio.”

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Another Refrigerant Phase Down?!

We contractors groan at having to deal with these changes too because we have new safety regulations, equipment operation, and refrigerant properties about which to learn and adapt.

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Geoexchange Systems: Renewable & Ready

Geoexchange (geothermal) heating and cooling systems are the most energy-efficient, environmentally clean, and cost-effective space conditioning systems available, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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