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Peace Of Mind With An AC Pro Maintenance Agreement

A heating and air conditioning maintenance agreement helps protect your home comfort equipment and extend its life. A well-maintained heating and cooling system will last longer, run more efficiently and keep your home more comfortable. Your heating and cooling system is a major investment and the best way to protect it is with regular maintenance.

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Sealing Air Leaks In Your Home? Remember The Attic Hatch

If you’re like many homeowners in California and Nevada, your attic hatch is not properly sealed against air leaks. According to the Energy Savers website, just a quarter-inch space around the edge of your attic access door may let the same amount of air pass through as goes through your bedroom heating vent.

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Your Furnace Purchase: Is It Better To Pay More Up Front And Spend Less Later, Or Spend Less Now And Pay Later?

Making a new furnace purchase is not a simple task. There are so many factors to consider it can make your head spin. For many people, one of the primary factors is cost, and even this is not as simple as comparing price tags. When it comes to furnaces, you have to consider both the [...]

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Lower Your Heating Bills Without Spending A Fortune

Contrary to popular belief, we do need to use heating equipment to warm our homes in winter here in Nevada and California. In fact, our heating costs can be quite hefty, especially in the higher elevations. If you’re not ready to purchase one of the latest ultra-energy-efficient furnaces, you can still lower your heating bills significantly [...]

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Putting Together An Energy Savings Strategy That Will Serve You For The Long Term

If you are like most homeowners, you’re interested in saving energy and money while keeping your home environment comfortable, healthy and safe. If your home is like many in the California/Nevada region, you could be using significantly less energy to cool and heat it, as long as you know where to start.

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Simple Energy-Saving Tips Help Get Your Home Equipment Ready For Winter

Employing a few simple energy-saving tips can save a lot of time, hassle and expense, even though the prospect of winter may not be particularly worrisome for most homeowners in Southern California and Nevada:

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Two Air Conditioning Terms Every Homeowner Should Know

Air conditioning is a complex subject. Most homeowners in Nevada and Southern California aren’t experts — that’s where your home comfort contractor comes in! But it does make sense to be an educated consumer, especially if you want to keep your budget on track. Here are two terms that that will help you understand (and [...]

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Attic Sealing: Are You Considering How Energy Loss In The Attic Affects Your Cooling System’s Efficiency?

Your high-efficiency air-conditioning installation hasn’t resulted in the energy savings you were expecting. Why? Chances are, you’ve overlooked one very important factor: your air conditioning is only as energy-efficient as your attic. Your attic can affect air-conditioning efficiency in a number of ways:

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Why Heat Pumps Need Preventive Maintenance

Air heat pumps provide an ideal means of year-round air conditioning and heating for residents enjoying the warm climates of California and Nevada. During the winter, instead of creating heat via combustion, an air heat pump actually transfers heat in from the air outdoors, allowing it to produce as much as three times the energy it [...]

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Save Money At The Push Of A Button With A Programmable Thermostat

If you have forced heating and air conditioning in your home, a system that heats and cools through a system of ductwork, a programmable thermostat could help you reduce your energy use — and your energy bills.

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