Heat pumps lose heating capacity as temperatures fall, making it important to calculate loads correctly.

This industry has been good to many thousands of folk across the U.S.

Advanced insulation packages and HVAC are compatible only when both trades anticipate the outcome of the paired options.

Restrictive, undersized filter selection generally ranks high on the list causing underperforming HVAC systems. There have been effective electronic air cleaners around for many years, but for our conversation within this article, we will focus on media or fabric material filtering.

When selecting inverter driven systems, the contracting community tends to ignore sizing issues because the popular belief is: The system will run only as necessary — you can’t oversize. Nothing could be further from the truth.  Proper sizing remains a fundamental in hot, humid climates.  To be sure, inverter systems are here to stay and are valuable at shedding shoulder-month KWh.  While the equipment may have ability to enhance humidity control during a normal run cycle with proper thermostat programming, a contractor will fight a losing battle when sizing is ignored.