I recently relocated from the far north to the south, and my current house is a sixteen hour drive from my outdated one.
I used to spend hours shoveling snow and scraping ice. My heating bills accounted for nearly 50% of energy consumption. The oil furnace was one of the most important appliances in the house. I owned a four-wheel-drive truck, wool coat, snow boots, snow shovel and ice scraper. I was very gleeful to buy a compact, two-wheel drive automobile and throw all my Winter time gear away. I invested into a wardrobe of shorts, tank tops, sandals and sunglasses. My current house is equipped with an electric heat pump… Until the move, I was odd with this style of temperature control. The heat pump combines heating and 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 and fumes. Because it doesn’t produce redhouse gasses, the heat pump is especially environmentally friendly. It takes fortune 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 and transfers it indoors. The process is safe, wipe and quiet. During the summer, the heat pump reverses the flow of refrigerant and acts just like an a/c. 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 fantastic at combating excess humidity in the summer, I don’t need a dehumidifier.