Heat Pumps - Year-round Comfort

February 10, 2015

Year-round, complete home comfort can seem like a remote possibility when trying to choose which home comfort system is best for the conditions in Auburn and Opelika. Making that decision alters not only your comfort, but your wallet as well, so making the best decision possible is critical to keeping your home comfortable for a long time.

Calling it a heat pump can seem a bit confusing when the system actually covers both your heating and cooling needs, but could easily be the all-in-one system you’ve been searching for. Heat pumps operate like refrigerators in that they use electricity to pump refrigerant to different spaces to transfer heat. The main distinction between an air conditioner and a heat pump is that heat pumps transfer heat from the outside air and air conditioners expel heat out of the home.

Heat pumps can be the ideal choice for energy efficient heating and cooling year-round, and because it can handle both functions, all that is required is a simple change of the system’s mode. Because heat pumps don’t have to create heat, it makes them much more efficient as well.

 So how can you benefit from a heat pump in Auburn and Opelika?

  • Lower Heating Bills: because heat pumps run on electricity, they keep energy costs down compared to other ways such as oil, kerosene and propane.
  • Better Air Quality: being an all-in-one system allows heat pumps to filter the inside air all year-round.
  • Cheaper Air Conditioning: heat pumps can run more efficiently than most standard air conditioners, giving you cooler air for less money.

When the time is right to get rid of your current heating and cooling system, a heat pump may be the right answer for you and your comfort needs. When used in the right environment, heat pumps are a great complete system that can handle your year-round comfort needs easily. If you’d like to find out more about heat pumps and how they fit in to the Auburn and Opelika environment, give Farnell Mechanical, Inc. a call at 334-524-2458.