As we began our work yesterday on the City of Decatur Home Energy Makeover project, it became very obvious why our homeowner is paying so much to heat and cool her home. If you recall, she has approximately 70% duct leakage. Duct leakage is one of the most under-emphasized components when looking at the energy usage in a house. This is especially the case when your house is heating and cooling relatively well. But the truth is that you could be sending stacks...

The City of Decatur and the City of Atlanta have teamed up on a program to promote energy conservation to their homeowners. To do this, they borrowed the concept from some of today’s most watched reality TV shows and came up with the Home Energy Makeover contest. After a selection process, one homeowner from each City was selected to receive a Home Energy Makeover worth approximately $10,000. The home and homeowner that was selected had to exhibit a...

UPDATE: This is an update to a previous post. The Federal Tax Credit program has ended effective December 31st. There are a few exceptions to this, but for the most part, it is over. However, there are a number of other rebates and credits that you may be eligible for. We will keep you updated throughout the year as these become available. If you have specific questions, please call us to discuss...

On our blog and at ACS Heating and Air Conditioning, we don’t focus and talk a lot about one brand vs another. We use several brands of equipment in our business and frankly, different brands work best in different applications. That being said, when something completely new hits the market, it’s hard not to focus on that particular manufacturer. That is the case with Carrier and their new Greenspeed Technology. This is not just a modification of an...

These days, it seems that it’s almost a full time job to keep up with new technology. Some of it is fun and is cool, like being able to change the television channel in my bedroom from the other side of the world. But some of it is actually really beneficial and makes our lives easier. At the end of the day, that’s what we really want isn’t it – ways to make our lives easier. The heating and air conditioning field is no exception. Our...

This is a recap of an article from Yahoo. As homeowners, we try to save on our energy bills any way we can. Believe it or not, some of the things that you may be doing are costing you more instead of saving. Here are a few of the myths: #1 Closing the vent saves energy This is a very common practice that I run across all the time. We don’t use that spare bedroom or back den, so let’s close the vent to that room. This actually can cause the system...