Basically an air conditioner works like this: connected to the inside cooling coil, the compressor pumps refrigerant back and forth, extracting heat and moisture from the indoors. It transfers the heat to the outdoors. Warm indoor air is blown over the inside coil, then is cooled and distributed throughout your home. Today, the federal government requires that all new models have a minimum "seer" rating of 10. Trane's full line of air conditioners range in efficiency from 10.00 to 18.00 seer - the highest in the industry. Trane's 18.00 seer air conditioner actually has two compressors for two-stage cooling, giving it the ability to handle your comfort regardless of whether it's a moderately warm day, or the hottest day of the summer.

Trane furnaces are uniquely designed to provide maximum heat with minimum fuel usage. And they think for themselves. Key furnace control functions are integrated into one microelectronic system, which monitors the thermostat and gas valve ensuring precise temperature control. The current minimum "afue" requirement for furnaces is 78 percent. Trane offers a full line of single-stage, two-stage and two-stage variable speed furnaces that range from 78 percent to 92 percent afue.

Unlike a furnace, a heat pump doesn't burn fuel to make heat. It simply uses electricity to move heat from one place to another. A heat pump is an energy efficient way to cool your home in the summer and heat your home in the winter. Today's heat pumps are required to have an "hspf" of 6.8 and a seer of at least 10.00. Trane offers a full line of heat pumps that range from 6.8 to 9.65 hspf and 10.00 to 17.65 seer. Trane's 17.65 seer heat pump offers you even greater comfort with two-stage cooling and three-stage heating. This means it operates efficiently at low speed most of the time. However, on days when more heating and cooling is required, it switches to the next stage for maximum comfort.

Matched in size and efficiency rating with the heat pump, air handlers circulate conditioned air throughout your home. An air handler contains an inside coil and a blower fan, with the additional possibility of an auxiliary electric strip heater. Trane air handlers are available with single or variable speed motors. Variable speed models are known for soft starts, high humidity control features and 12 selectable levels of airflow capacity, as well as the enhanced comfort mode, the "comfort-r" airflow system.

The ground source heat pump system consists of three basic components: the ground source heat pump unit, the ground source or earth loop, and the pumps to circulate the fluid through the system. In the winter, liquid circulating through and underground closed loop of durable thermoplastic pipe absorbs heat from the earth and transfers it to the heat pump which extracts the heat and transfers it at a higher temperature throughout your home. In the summer, the heat pump removes heat from the air in your home and transfers it to the circulation liquid in the underground loop where the heat is absorbed into the cooler ground.

 

The concept of radiant floor heating is simple: heated water is circulated through tubes in or under the floor. The heated floor then becomes a huge radiator that warms people and objects in the room through radiant energy transfer. This method of heating has proven to be more comfortable and efficient than traditional forced-air systems.

The space-gard whole house air cleaner removes dust and other irritating particles from your home as the blower fan in your furnace draws them to the tightly sealed air cleaner. This clean air is then circulated through your furnace and back to the rooms in your home. Space-gard's highly efficient "hepa" type filtering media (similar in principle to those used in hospital operating rooms and other clean room environments) allows space-gard to effectively trap a wide range of particle types and sizes. And the media becomes even more efficient as it collects particles.

One of the driest places on earth could be your home. And, it's this "desert dryness" that makes you feel uncomfortable, robbing moisture from your home, your furnishings, and even your skin. The whole house humidfier can help. Relative humidity is the percentage of moisture in the air compared to its maximum capability to hold moisture under the same conditions. Seventy-degree air can hold more than 12 times as much moisture as 10-degree air. Outside air at 10 degrees and 70% relative humidity when heated to a comfortable temperature in your home has a relative humidity of just 7%. Even with the addition of moisture produced by normal household activities such as cooking, laundry, and showers, you will seldom achieve comfortable indoor humidity levels without a whole house humidifier.