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Arizona Home Cooling Tips – Insulation Basics To Help You Save on AC Expenses

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Cost-Efficient Arizona Home Cooling, The Benefits of Customized Thermal Management

Installing new thermal empowered insulation in your home’s roof, slab, and walls remains among the most cost-efficient methods for reducing the long-term expenses associated with home heating and cooling. Furthermore, the cost savings of additional installed home insulation goes much further than a reduction in your home’s yearly energy consumption. It also helps reduce your yearly air conditioning maintenance bills.

Installing additional R-value to the building envelope of a new construction project is always more cost-efficient than reworking an already finished job. However, even the owners of a home already aged and lived in can find new methods for increasing the existing insulation R-values.

The following tips presented by American Cooling and Heating are designed to help Arizona homeowners learn how to best prevent energy waste on heating and cooling expenses.

The Process of Functional Air Conditioning Differs From Home To Home

No two structures are crafted completely alike. Therefore thermal management must be applied according to the home and the environmental circumstances. Determining what works best at your house can be confusing. So let’s review the various types of thermal insulation, starting with a fundamental look at how heat flow affects home cooling as well as home heating. Herein are some of the benefits that you can gain via additional home insulation.

Understanding airflow:

Hot and cold always seek a natural balance. This means that on the inside of your home, warm air tends to flow toward the cooler spaces. This natural neutralizing effect derives through three distinct processes:

Conduction – Heat transfers from object to object, thus an attic that lacks sufficient insulation enables exterior heat to transfer into A/C cooled interior of your home
Convection – Heat rises, thus a ceiling without adequate installed insulation permits interior heat to rise into the attic
Radiant Heat – Objects that acquire heat will also release that heat, thus a home with radiant barrier windows is easier to cool than a home that lacks such additional preventive measures.

Installed insulation and radiant barriers are designed to keep heat from flowing through the external building envelope of your home. Standard fiberglass insulation is an example of conductive resistance. Tinted windows and duel-pane windows are based upon radiant heat resistance. In the winter these thermal management construction techniques reduce the total heat lost due to external seepage. In the summer these same construction techniques help keep exterior heat from invading your interior air-conditioned comfort zone.

Radiant Barriers, The Cheap and The Expensive

Radiant barriers are used to reflect heat away from your home interior. Some of the radiant thermal management processes offer inexpensive solutions that can be installed by the homeowner. Other radiant barrier solutions such as upgrading your windows to thermal efficient windows can be costly but not excessively expensively. Still other radiant barrier solutions, such as installing a metal roof system, can be very expensive and should only be considered in the event that you are already required to replace your home’s roofing system. The process can include installing a:

Ventilated metal roof system
Ventilation strip along the roof of your home
Radiant barrier exterior paint
Special sheathing
Attic foil
Solar screens on the windows
Internal windows shades
Window film
AND More.

Radian barrier home installation techniques can help you curb the invasive Arizona summer heat that so often catapults your home air conditioning energy consumption into a costly upward spiral. Always measure the cost or installation versus the gain in energy savings. You should also weigh in on the value of a comfortable Arizona living environment. Great installed Arizona A/C equipment can only overcome so many shortcomings in installed home insulation and radiant protection. You need to find the balance.

R-Value, The Core In Thermal Management

When describing material effectiveness at managing thermal energy, U.S. manufacturers talk R-values. The greater the R-factor of a given material, the more effective the material’s thermal management properties. Typically the R-value changes according to material thickness. You should also understand that some contractors talk in terms of R-value of a single component of your wall while other contractors talk in terms of the total R-factor as a sum of the components that make up the wall or the attic. The distinction should be obvious so make sure that you and your contractor speak the same R-value language.

Remember: The efficiency of your home’s building envelope may be determined by the weakest link in the R-factor.

Tip: The R-value of glass ranges from 1.4 to 5. Even the best gas filled windows make poor walls.

Factors to consider when determining what you need in material R-value and Radiant factor:

Typical Arizona climate for your area
The family budget
Importance of internal air quality
Material life cycle versus the original cost of installation and materials
Whole home versus partial home insulating requirements
AND… Your installed cooling and heating system.

Arizona Repair or Replace Air Conditioning Troubleshooting American Cooling and Heating provides superior 24/7 Arizona home cooling HVAC services. We are here to help you reap the best benefits available out of your Arizona Air Conditioning system. For additional information, visit our website at https://americancoolingandheating.com.

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Carrier Cor Thermostat Technology – A Competitive Edge In Home Comfort

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Carrier Cor Thermostat Control Ramps Up Carrier Market Share In Smart Thermostat Technology

Leap to the competitive edge in home comfort. Install a Carrier Cor Thermostat in your Arizona home. For more information on Carrier Air Conditioning products in Arizona, contact an American Cooling and Heating professional in your area.

What makes Cor Technology the hands-down choice for Arizona homeowners looking for more energy-efficient air conditioning thermostat technology? Consider the broad overview:

By grabbing hold to the latest in smart technology, the Carrier Cor Thermostat system activates a two-way flow of information between consumers and the equipment that drives home heating and cooling resources. You want quick and easy access to more energy-efficient home air conditioning comfort. You also demand technology that helps reduce the price of cooling via reduced energy consumption. In core features, Cor smart thermostat technology meets your demands. The Cor system provides energy-conscious consumers with:

Fast access to home or office HVAC resources
Simplistic and intuitive touch screen controls
Remote accessibility
Smart setback and intelligent thermostat adaptability
Potential reduction in energy expenses that can average 20% saving or better
Monthly energy reports
An increased sense of self-sufficiency and personal involvement in global clean energy solutions
AND more.

And, as though the front-end benefits of controlled heating and cooling can’t win you over, Carrier links the Cor’s primary advantage over existing thermostat technology to user access to detailed energy usage reports. Made available through a associated iPad compatible app, the Cor system technology generates monthly statistics custom-designed to help the homeowner understand the real-time savings associated with personalized thermostat management.

Furthermore, a month-by-month comparison reports provides community assessments that enable Arizona air conditioning customers to examine how their energy consumption rate differs from that of neighbors who are also using the Carrier Cor Thermostat system. The Cor iPad app is more than a basic tracking tool. It is an app designed by a company noted for expertise in home environmental controls. The advantage is yours and it kicks butt over the competing smart thermostat technology.

Carrier Cor App and Expert Tips To Improve Your Air Conditioning Efficiency

If the app provided no more than the monthly reports, homeowners could use it to save moment on the cost of Arizona air conditioning. Yet, Carrier has ensured that Cor Thermostats customers receive even more benefits from the app. Cor™ Insights examines your neighbors cooling system performance and settings and makes personalized suggestions for how to best reap performance in a given home. The system can provide minute-by-minute breakdown reports that cover:

HVAC-system cycling
Humidity
Temperature
Thermostat settings
AND more.

Best of all, you don’t have to be standing before the on-screen display to reap the benefits of a Carrier Cor thermostat system. The smartphone app mimics the on-screen display of your home Cor smart technology thermostat system.

Professional Carrier Cor Smart Thermostat Installation in Arizona

Ok. A super cool technology is by nature governed by sensitive electronic equipment. It’s powerful, efficient, effective, and sensitive. Some less effective and less-efficient smart thermostat systems may be suitable for installation by the customer. Carrier recommends that a professional heating and cooling expert install the Cor technology thermostat. Don’t risk burning out the electronics. For immediate information, support or installation, contact Arizona’s premier HVAC resource, American Cooling and Heating.

Data Center Management – Upgrading, Modifying or Servicing Your Liebert CRAC

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When Data Center Management and Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) Meets Old Man Time

How do you handle Data Center Management when construction demands that you turn off the cooling without melting the servers?

Updating a Liebert CRAC system can be complicated, and the larger the system, the more complex becomes the operation. Shutting down big computer room air conditioning environments demands forethought, long-range planning, and access to a host of well trained HVAC and electrical service professionals.

For example: Greening Columbia University recently upgraded the core chilled water cooling system and electrical power supply line for the University’s existing data center. The project required a full mechanical shutdown of the cooling plant. Existing unused cooling pipe had to be demolished. New and upgraded electrical components had to be installed. Various additional construction processes affected the overall activity. And they were working with the wear and tear that so often affects conditions in a 50-year old facility. Thus along with the upgrades and component replacements, the University took opportunity to press the CRAC service team for extensive preventative maintenance.

Data Center Management – When Reducing the CRAC Becomes Unavoidable

The functionality of your data center is mission critical to daily and yearly business or organizational operations. In the above scenario, Greening Columbia University was dealing with a computer room air conditioning system that typically demanded a 120-ton operating load. Shutting down non-critical services for even one day still left them facing a need to cool nearly 700 servers, merely two-thirds of the center’s normal capacity. Thus for completion of the work, a temporary 50-ton cooling system had to be employed.

This is what mission critical data center management is all about. When reducing the CRAC becomes unavoidable, you need reliable HVAC technicians who have been trained and who continue to train in all aspects of mission-critical precision cooling product installation, services and management. American Cooling and Heating provides full-service commercial HVAC installation, repairs and support for Liebert CRAC precision cooling equipment throughout Chandler AZ, Gilbert AZ, Glendale AZ, Mesa AZ, Peoria AZ, Scottsdale AZ, Tempe AZ, And All Other Phoenix Areas.

Liebert CRAC, World Renowned Manufacturer of Mission-Critical Precision Cooling Products

Whether upgrading, modifying or servicing your precision cooling system, you need products that maintain consistent computer room temperatures at pricing that forbids the torching of your budget. Liebert produces custom designed equipment precision-crafted for temperature management with advanced UPS surge protection. No matter how demanding your data center cooling conditions, Liebert computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units offer a one-source solution.

When you coupled the efficiency of Liebert CRAC products to the experience of Arizona-based service technicians from American Cooling and Heating, you reap:

System dependability
Better energy-conservation performance
Precision data center sizing with integrated options for growth and expansion
Post installation service and support
Simplified data center management
AND the ACH guaranteed of rapid response to all of your maintenance, service, and repair needs.

For a quick review of Liebert precision cooling products, their function, and their availability, review “Arizona Resource For Liebert Precision Cooling CRAC Products” at the American Cooling and Heating Liebert Services page.

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Cooling Moments in Air Conditioning Technology

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The History of Air Conditioning Technology Includes A Host of Cooling Moments

Throughout the history of air conditioning technology, “cooling moments” have typically expanded into daily benefits enjoyed by both industrial and residential customers. Let’s hope the new processes defined as Hydroceramic Walls being developed by Catalonia Barcelona expands into another energy-saving cooling technology.

Face it: this nation relies on the power and efficiency of HVAC technology. Keeping up with the demand for increased A/C performance generates a major burden on the environment and the economy. Anytime advancements in cooling technology can boost comfort and production at a reduced cost, society reaps a new blessing.

Herein are the details on new entry into the hall of fame for “cooling moments” in Air Conditioning technology.

Cooling Moments – When Hydroceramic Walls Sweat Like Human Skin

It comes from the minds of researchers at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Barcelona, and according to the students it effectively lowers room temperatures by as much as five degrees Celsius. By taking advantage of the properties associated with evaporating water, the material basically “sweats” away heat. In concept, buildings crafted with hydroceramic walls can effectively remain cooler than a standard building without need of amplified air conditioning technology.

In the order of “cooling moments,” several other methods of passive cooling exist. However, the efficiency of hydroceramic walls may stand out as a modern age wonder for simplicity, effectiveness, and efficiency from a material that features a “cheap” overhead.

Hydroceramic Material – Reduced Energy Consumption

So what defines this breakthrough in “cooling moments” for HVAC technology? According to students at Barcelona, applied hydroceramic material can effectively reduce energy consumption by twenty-eight percent over the design of standard building materials. Furthermore, construction of hydrogels is inexpensive and as simple as sandwiching the materials between ceramic and fabric. The resulting membrane-wall absorbs moisture and then sheds it in a manner similar to how human skin sweats. Thus rather than the occupants of a building sweating, the building itself does the sweating.

The process is really quiet simple: As the material absorbs moisture, the individual hydrogels expand – as much 400 percent. Cooling occurs when evaporation causes the hydrogels to release the water. Thus the polymers shrink, the neighboring area cools down, and the process is ready to begin anew. You might say that it is a process that involves an endless series of “cooling moments.”

IAAC, the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

Defined as a center for cutting edge research and education, the IAAC dedicates time, money and training to the development of architecture designs that can effectively meet worldwide challenges for better and more efficient habitability. Although based out of the 22nd district of Barcelona, the IAAC touches the educational services within over 40 countries. Core focus includes building designs, manufacturing functions, ecology, new technologies, energy consumption and reduction, and much more. IAAC research projects expand into a global front, including projects in Brazil, Croatia, and the US.

Will the power of hydroceramic walls actually go down in the history of exciting “cooling moments” in air conditioning technology? Only time will tell. The prototype is still in testing. In theory, the hotter the outdoor wind, the more efficient the system will function. But keep in mind that performance is directly related to evaporation. Thus when evaporation is absent, the cooling effect is also absent.

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Central Air Conditioning Set It And Forget It With Trane Programmable Thermostats

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Central Air Conditioning Efficiency: Use A Programmable Thermostat And Avoid Manual Fan On Settings

Knowing what a central air conditioning system should do and knowing how to efficiently operate your programmable thermostat are not identical points of wisdom. For example: It may seem that the fan on your A/C or Heat Pump unit performs the same function as a standard room fan. Not So. HVAC system fans are designed to produce an entirely different manner of air circulation and air management.

Central A/C, Heat Pump Systems And Window Units

In core function, air conditioning removes hot air from within your home or office, and then returns to you the cooler air. Central A/C units circulate the chilled air throughout your office, home, or even a huge industrial plant. Window air conditioners, although sometimes used to cool an entire home, are most often used for single rooms and other forms of limited space cooling. Window fans, attic fans and other stationary fan units merely churn the existing air, creating turbulence that generates a sense of wind chill.

TIP! In order to cheaply cool your home, turn the temperature up. If you take a few showers a day or just drink a cold ice water, you’ll find that you’re saving a lot of money on your utility bills by keeping the thermostat a little higher than usual in your home.

Central cooling and heat pump systems work in conjunction with a structure’s overall HVAC components, which include air conditioning processes, heating equipment and even ventilation management. Room or window units function as stand-alone cooling, heating or cooling and heating appliances. Freestanding fans, although seeming to cool your home, in actuality increase the heat of the nearby air. Electricity generates heat. Thereby an electric fan when set to fan on releases additional heat into a room and provides no supplemental removal of hot air from the room. Now wind chill refers to the process wherein wind increases convective heat loss. By moving air throughout a room, a fan enables quicker and easier evaporation of sweat from your skin. Thus you are cooled by your body’s natural means of eliminating heat. The greater the wind chill, the more evaporation and the cooler you feel. But remember, fans do not remove hot air from the environment; they add hot air. Thus even as the wind chill effect reduces your discomfort, the fan actually increases the cause of that discomfort.

Central Air Conditioning Fan On Mode

The fan that functions with your installed AZ heat pump or central air conditioning system is also connected to your furnace system. Warm interior air returns to your outside air A/C condensing unit. The air passes through the condensing coils and is then re-circulated back to the inside furnace unit. The cool air is then disbursed via ducts and vents throughout your home. Although evaporation plays a role in the functions of a central A/C system, the core result is nothing like the results produced by a standard room fan, ceiling fan or even attic fan. The fan on your central HVAC unit is neither designed for or should be used as a regular home fan unit. Window air conditioners, however, are not like central A/C units. Setting the Fan On mode on a window unit merely circulate air just as a standard window fan functions. For cool air, you need to set the window unit to “air conditioning” mode.

TIP! When taking away-from-home vacations, set the thermostat on your HVAC system no more than five degrees apart from your standard setting. Differences of more than five degrees can damage the contents in your house – especially during the summer when the Arizona temperatures swell into the triple digits.

Under normal conditions, you should never set your central A/C fan mode to “Fan On” only mode. It causes problems for your thermostat and your overall heating and cooling system. Extended use of “Fan On” only mode increases room humidity while decreasing the efficiency of your HVAC system. For better HVAC equipment performance, the Arizona Energy Commission recommends that homeowners keep air conditioning system fans set to automatic.

Programmable Thermostats

In the Energy Star article “Heat and Cool Efficiently,” the editors suggest that an installed programmable thermostat can save homeowner’s as much as $180 per year in energy costs. During summer months, cooling an Arizona home accounts for as much as fifty-percent of home energy consumption. Several points help reduce this cost:

Review and understand the A/C or HP user manual Â· Install an Energy Star efficiency-rated cooling system
Ensure that your Arizona air conditioning system functions at or above minimum efficiency requirements
If your system lacks the benefits of a programmable thermostat, make the investment; it will save you money
Practice the “set it and forget it” A/C efficiency principal.
Live with 74-78 degrees F; It’s a comfortable and will keep your energy consumption on the low side.

TIP! Make sure things don’t get too hot or cold near the house thermostat. Nearby electronic devices and heat sources such as lamps and televisions can trick the thermostat into thinking the home is warmer than it actually is.

Trane Programmable Thermostats And Advanced Controls

Defined by quality components, every Trane Programmable Thermostat is crafted to help ensure that your family reaps the best in air conditioning comfort. Take a look at some of the options and features:

Trane XL800 Deluxe Programmable Thermostat
Interactive touch screen
Armchair programming options
Permanent memory for lasting storage of programming functions
Effective management for minimum compressor run-time
Auto changeover between cooling and heating with a 3 to 10 degrees “dead band”
AND So much more.

Trane Comfort Link II Smart Control

Crafted for intuitive touch-screen control, the Trane ComfortLinkâ�¢ II sets the scale for innovative management of HVAC equipment. Adaptable to most all brands of heat pumps and A/C units, as well as most all Trane products, the Trane ComfortLinkâ�¢ II is ripe for the picking. Furthermore, the unit is fully upgradeable and well supported for updates to remain compatible with future-released heating and cooling systems. Features include: Â· Custom control and scheduling Â· Live weather and dealer contact

Energy efficient monitoring system
Air quality management with Quick Clean and Allergy Clean cycles designed to provide a temporary boost in air filtration
Remote access from smartphone, tablet or home computer system
Digital picture frame
AND so much more.

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Arizona Home Cooling Tips – Insulation Basics To Help You Save on AC Expenses

Cost-Efficient Arizona Home Cooling, The Benefits of Customized Thermal Management

The Process of Functional Air Conditioning Differs From Home To Home