I recently relocated from the far north to the south… My new condo is a sixteen hour drive from our aged 1.
I used to spend hours shoveling snow plus scraping ice.
My heating bills accounted for nearly 50% of energy consumption. The gas furnace was 1 of the most important appliances in the house. I owned a four-wheel-drive truck, wool coat, snow boots, snow shovel plus ice scraper. I was actually thrilled to buy a compact, two-wheel drive vehicle plus throw all our Wintertide gear away. I invested into a wardrobe of shorts, tank tops, sandals plus sunglasses. My new condo is equipped with an electric heat pump. Until the move, I was weird with this style of temperature control. The heat pump combines heating plus cooling into a single piece of equipment. Although it provides heat, it doesn’t burn fossil fuels to generate it. There’s no combustion process, eliminating concerns with carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde plus fumes. Because it doesn’t produce greenhouse gasses, the heat pump is especially environmentally friendly. It takes advantage of the fact that there’s heat available in the outdoor air even when it’s cold. The heat pump pulls the heat out of the air plus transfers it indoors. The process is safe, clean plus quiet. During the summer, the heat pump reverses the flow of refrigerant plus acts just prefer an air conditioner. I have been amazed by the level of comfort it provides. The heat pump doesn’t dry out the air or force the use of a humidifier in the winter. Because it’s so good at combating excess humidity in the summer, I don’t need a dehumidifier.