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73 Money-Saving Tips

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Remove Hot & Cold Spots

zoningWe've all experienced uneven heat - from cold basements to hot, stuffy upstairs levels. Today's technology allows you to take back control of your home's air temperature. If you have rooms or entire floors of your home that just won't stay at the right temperature, Automatic Zoning can allow you to partition those areas and control them separately. Additional thermostats are installed in each new zone, giving you ultimate control without adding additional equipment.

Perfect Your Indoor Air Quality

Today’s weather-tight homes trap indoor pollutants inside, where everyday contaminants become increasingly concentrated. The result: indoor air can be up to twenty times more polluted than outdoor air! Dirty air jeopardizes the health and vitality of your entire family. A whole-house Electronic Air Cleaner cleans the air by filtering billions of unseen microscopic particles as your furnace or air handler circulates air throughout your home. Products such as TRANE® CleanEffects have been shown to kill up to 99.98% of viruses in the air, including the common flu virus.

Another option that may help your family stay healthier is a UV Light. The light is installed in the airstream to kill viruses, bacteria, and other germs that cross its path. The ultraviolet germicidal light is similar to that used in water treatment facilities and hospital surgical rooms.

Keep Your Air Fresh

ERV When air is trapped indoors, it loses its freshness over time. You can open a window, but you'll be wasting all the money you spent heating or cooling the air. What else can you do? An Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) allows you to exchange your stale indoor air for fresh air without losing the temperature. The incoming and outgoing air is crossed inside the unit through a heat exchanger, helping you get more from the energy you've already used. Inside your home, an ERV can be connected with your heating and cooling system, or it can be a stand alone system. Your configuration will depend on your home's design and your personal needs. For example, you may choose to exhaust stale air from the kitchen, utility rooms, or bathrooms (eliminating the need for noisy ventilation fans) wile directing fresh air to bedrooms and living areas. The unit itself is installed in conditioned spaces such as basements, utility rooms or closets.

Control Indoor Moisture

Warm, dry air acts like a giant sponge, soaking up moisture from everything it touches: your house, your furniture, your skin. Low humidity causes dry skin, irritates throat and nasal passages, aggravates allergies and asthma, making you more susceptible to respiratory ailments. Luckily, replenishing the moisture in your home is easy! Humidifiers add needed moisture in an automatic, safe and efficient manner.

Three most popular and useful kinds of humidifiers are bypass, power and steam. All are capable of helping you keep your home at the right moisture level, but they all work a little differently. Bypass humidifiers work by passing some of your supply air over a wet water pad, allowing it to absorb moisture before it is distributed throughout your home. Power humidifiers also utilize a water pad, but actually force the moist air into your supply duct, allowing quicker humidification. Steam humidifiers take water and heat it to produce pure, sterile steam. As steam is produced, mineral from the water are left behind. This steam is pushed into the supply duct where it can easily dissipate. Each different option has its best application, and L.E.S. will always give you up-front and honest information about which is best for you.

Set It and Forget It

If your thermostat isn't programmable, you're either spending extra money or extra effort heating and cooling you home. Whether you adjust the dial every morning and evening, or just leave it set at the same temperature, there is a better way! Programmable thermostats allow you to set a temperature schedule for weekdays, weekends, or all days individually. That way, you're not wasting extra gas and electricity conditioning your home while nobody is inside.

Extended Warranties

Extended warranties can come directly from the manufacturer or through a third party. They offer peace of mind and protection for your costly equipment, helping you avoid unplanned bills and expenses.