Monthly Archives: November 2010

High efficiency furnace comparison: Selecting an 80%, 90% or 95% unit

When it’s time to replace your heating system the biggest decision most homeowners face is the level of efficiency to select, whether 80%, 90% or something in the neighborhood of 95%.  So what’s the right answer?  The right answer depends on a number of factors specific to your needs.  Let’s take a look at the [...]

Ways to Save Energy at Home!

For most homeowners, saving money on energy bills is a huge budgetary priority.  We want to spend less to heat and cool our homes.  While we naturally think first of installing a higher efficiency furnace or heat pump, or replacing the outdated air conditioner, the truth is that good savings can also be realized by [...]

Compare Trane XR15 vs. XL15i (Heat Pump Prices)

I’m building a home here in western Maryland and had been seeking advice on which heating system to choose.  After looking over dozens of brands/models I first narrowed my choice to either the Trane XR15 or the Trane XL15i heat pumps.  Our current home has a five year old Trane that has been a workhorse [...]

Trane XL16i (XV95) Heat Pump Price

Chosing a heat pump can be an extremely difficult decision.  The cost of the units are so expensive so we finally came to to the conclusion that a  Trane xl16i heat pump was our best choice!  Living in North Carolina and having a relatively large house we wanted a bigger more efficient heat pump.  Good news is that [...]