• "Tune-up" your heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) system with an annual maintenance contract. Even a new ENERGY STAR qualified HVAC system, like a new car, will decline in performance without regular maintenance. A contract automatically ensures that your HVAC contractor will provide "pre-season" tune-ups before each cooling and heating season. You save energy and money, and your system may last years longer with minimal costs yearly maintenance fees.
• Regularly change (or clean if reusable) HVAC filters every month during peak cooling or heating season. New filters usually only cost a few dollars. Dirty filters cost more to use, overwork the equipment, and result in lower indoor air quality.
• Install an ENERGY STAR qualified programmable thermostat to automate your HVAC system. This solid-state, electronic device optimizes HVAC operation "24/7" based on your schedule, and can be "overridden" as needed for unscheduled events.
• Control direct sun through windows depending on the season and local climate. During cooling season, block direct heat gain from the sun shining through glass on the east and especially west sides of your home or business. Options such as "solar screens," "solar films," awnings, and vegetation can help. Over time, trees can attractively provide shade, and help clean the air. Interior curtains or drapes can help, but it's best to prevent the summer heat from getting past the glass and inside. During heating season, with the sun low in the South, unobstructed southern windows can contribute solar heat gain during the day.
• Use fans. Comfort is a function of temperature, humidity, and air movement. Moving air can make a somewhat higher temperature and/or humidity feel more comfortable. Fans can help delay or reduce the need for air conditioning, and a temperature setting of only 3 to 5 degrees higher can feel as comfortable with fans. Each degree of higher temperature can save about 3% on cooling costs. When the temperature outside is more comfortable than inside, a "box fan" in the window, or large "whole facility" fan in the attic can push air out of the facility and pull in comfortable outside air. Fans can improve comfort and save energy year round.
• Plug leaks with weather stripping and caulking. Caulking and weather stripping let you manage your ventilation, which is the deliberate controlled exchange of stuffy inside air for fresher outdoor air. To learn more about indoor air quality in your home or business, call The Heat Engineering Company!

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Evergreen ECM blower motor? Evergreen is a high efficiency blower motor that replaces the old inefficient motor in your furnace or air conditioner. The blower motor is the heart of your heating/cooling system; it 'pumps' air throughout your living space. When your furnace heats, the blower motor circulates warm air throughout your living space. When your central air conditioner cools, the blower motor circulates cool air throughout your living space.

How does Evergreen maximize the air purifying capability of my furnace/AC? Evergreen is designed to gently circulate air 24/7 throughout your living space even when your furnace or air conditioner is not running. This whisper quiet constant fan feature of Evergreen improves air purification by passing the air through your filter/purifier more frequently than only when the heat or AC is operating. The result is cleaner more comfortable air.

How does Evergreen improve the temperature consistency throughout my home? Since Evergreen circulates air 24/7, rooms that are typically warmer or cooler than desired become more temperature balanced. The result is improved comfort.

Will running constant fan be noisy? Evergreen is whisper quiet in constant fan mode. In fact, Evergreen can be approximately 50% quieter than a standard blower motor operating in constant fan mode.

How does Evergreen conserve energy and reduce my electricity bill? Evergreen is a DC (direct current) motor that utilizes permanent magnets vs. inductive electroma,gnets found in standard blower motors. DC motors draw less current and thus cost less to operate.

How can I help save the planet? Over the life of the motor you will save 12.5 tons of C02 emissions, or 3.1 acres of trees, or 2.2 years of auto emissions. The decision is yours.

How reliable is Evergreen? Evergreen is manufactured by Regal-Beloit and is in its sixth generation. In fact, Regal-Beloit has been supplying the technology found in Evergreen to original equipment manufacturers for more than 20 years. Evergreen is backed by a 2 year warranty.