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Improve HVAC Energy Efficiency in Santa Rosa
How can you save more money on your energy bills every month? In a challenging time when everyone to keep more cash in their pockets, it's important to find opportunities for savings wherever possible. Considering that energy-related expenses make up a slight majority...
Which Wastes More Energy: The Air Conditioner or Your Heater?
According to the United States Energy Information Administration, more than half of all residential power consumption goes strictly to heating and air conditioning during an average year. That means HVAC efficiency has a big effect on your power bills and how much...
Understanding HVAC Energy Efficiency Ratings
When it comes to shopping around for a new HVAC unit, be it a furnace or an air conditioner, one of the principal elements that buyers typically look for is energy efficiency. HVAC efficiency can help improve the environmental sustainability of your home while also...
How to Prevent Indoor Air Pollution?
Most of us think of our homes as our safe havens—especially this year, during a global pandemic. Unfortunately, your home is less safe than the outdoors in one key category: pollution. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average...
Why Do We Need to Hire a Licensed HVAC Contractor?
It's a common situation that plays out every day in homes and businesses across the country: someone goes to adjust the thermostat and discovers nothing happens. The furnace or the air conditioner isn't working, and the temperatures soon trends in an uncomfortable...
Types of Residential Boilers
Most homes in the United States are heated with furnaces, powered by either natural gas or electricity. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), natural gas furnaces are the most common “main space heating equipment” used in every region of the...
Indoor Air Quality Solutions for Better Health
With swirling concerns about COVID-19 and our health, more people than ever have focused their attention on an important subject: indoor air quality. We know now that COVID-19 spreads in part through small droplets we exhale when breathing, speaking, and coughing, and...
Is Too Much Humidity in Your Home Bad for Your Health?
When most people think about air conditioning in their homes, they think of what it’s doing to cool the air. However, AC units also play an important role in removing humidity from the air to create an all-around more comfortable interior environment. Humidity in the...
What is ‘HVAC’ and How Do They Work?
You’ve probably heard of the term HVAC at some point in your life. There is nothing wrong with not being aware of its definition and how it works. After all, it only affects you once you own a property and need to install a system for your home. Consider this article...
Heating Efficiently: Energy Myths For Fall
As the last heat of the summer heat slips away, and autumn arrives, most homeowners start thinking about energy savings. You don't need to continue running the air conditioner all day to contend with high heat and insufferable humidity, so you expect that your...
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Thank you for visiting our blog. We provide these articles to help our local Sonoma County residents to learn more about energy efficiency, indoor air quality and all Carrier heating and cooling service. As the top provider of heating and cooling products in the Santa Rosa area, we are not only committed to comfort but also to serving our local community.