Looking to learn about the latest and greatest HVAC technologies? With companies around the world looking harder and harder for new, more efficient, greener ways to keep homes and businesses at comfortable temperatures, there's quite a lot to read about in recent years. Here are three of the more promising technologies to rise up in recent years—technologies everyone should consider for their own St. Michael HVAC needs.
1) Thermally-driven Air Conditioning
An exciting blend of ingenuity and practicality, thermally-driven air conditioning utilizes solar energy supplemented, when necessary, with natural gas for power. This alone would be fairly efficient compared to pure electric systems, but these units go a step further, utilizing its own solar panels, custom designed to reach a high temperature, to produce the heat necessary to drive a double-effect chiller. This results in an extremely efficient cooling system, colder than equivalent photovoltaic systems and utilizing far less electricity.
2) Energy Analysis Software
In the past, fitting the ideal system to a given space has been a matter demanding no small degree of careful engineering—engineering most HVAC companies simply couldn't hope to offer, as a practical matter. New energy analysis software solutions on the horizon promise to make these limitations a thing of the past, however, giving highly accurate forecasts of energy and cost-efficiency for a given HVAC system as it applies to a given space. This means you might be able to see, without a doubt, whether the lifetime of a system, energy efficiency, and price would result in savings, lost money, etc., before you spent the money.
3) Dual Fuel Heat Pump
No part of the dual fuel heat pump is a particularly new technology, but these are a rising star combination of efficient heating and effective heating, cleanly overcoming the inherent flaws and limitations of gas furnaces and electric heat pumps to produce a consistently comfortable, consistently cheaper heating. These systems rapidly recoup their higher up-front expense; within a few years, St. Michael homes and businesses installing these units will be profiting from the investment.
These are far from being the only new technologies to land on the HVAC stage in recent years. And some technologies have returned from obscurity as technology catches up with the concept, such as geothermal heat pumps. The choices are limitless—the only question is what works for your particular climate, budget, and priorities.
How HVAC Technology Has Changed the Way We Live
The latest HVAC technologies are truly changing the way we live. Modern homes are more efficient and ‘smart’ and today’s homeowner has more control over systems to personalize their interior spaces. Here’s how automation is transforming homeownership.
Smart thermostats do all the work
Thanks to the new generation of products, having to crank the thermostat up and down all the time during both hot and cold weather will become a thing of the past. New HVAC technologies such as smart thermostats are fitted with sensors that can detect temperatures as well as activity throughout your home and make adjustments as needed. Activity sensors are particularly useful in adjusting temperatures when a room is unoccupied, leading to significant cost savings.
Apps allow you to adjust temperatures remotely
New tech has changed the way we control our HVAC systems. Some thermostats, for example, allow you to change settings remotely through an app on your smartphone. These products give you the ability to adjust not only the temperature settings but also turn your heating and AC systems off.
Proactive Maintenance
Some of the most recent products in HVAC are fitted with sensors that can monitor your system and predict failures before disaster strikes. With predictive analysis, these systems continually monitor your HVAC system and even contact service technicians before your system breaks down or major repairs are needed.
These leaps in technology are a huge step forward in cost minimization and helping to extend the useful life of one of the most critical comfort systems in any home.