Over the past 10 years, technology and laptops have entirely changed the way we work, play, and live, however technology in our beach house has equally been changed while we were in this time.
My family and I have had a heat pump in our beach house for the past 15 years, during the last few years, the yearly utility bills have skyrocketed.
I attributed the larger bills to the age and wear and tear on my heat pump and a/c! When we decided to upgrade the outdated inefficient equipment, our business suggested updating to a device with a higher SEER rating. The SEER rating on an Heating and Air Conditioning unit is actually important. This number reflects the amount of energy efficiency the device will have compared to others. The outdated heat pump in our beach house had a SEER rating of 8. It was top-of-the-line back in its day, but now the best machines have a SEER rating of 21. My wife and I updated to a device with a SEER rating of 16, but since we don’t live in a temperature where the a/c has to run consistently, we didn’t need a higher seasonal energy efficiency rating, both of us have noticed a lot of changes since having the modern heat pump installed. The difference has been enjoy night and day, and our utility bills have severely dropped. We spend an average of 20% less each week. We also care about the air quality much more, because it is cool and crisp with less humidity, then updating to better Heating and Air Conditioning technology has improved our bills and our quality of life.