Hot or Cold Spoits?

Heating or Cooling your space is only half the battle - keeping air moving and a constant, comfortable room temperature is the other!

There are many different ways to heat and cool your residence or place of business. These range from mushy swamp coolers all the way to hard-core commercial air conditioning units that live on a roof. However, the problem, regardless of the size or type, seems to be uniform cooling or heating. If there are hot or cold spots in your house or business, your air system is not as efficient as it needs to be. There is hot or cold air that is escaping, which is then making your unit work harder (and for longer) than it would normally need to. I have previously posted about what to do if you have hot or cold spots (check your duct work, seal cracks...etc.) But there is a company in Georgia that uses strategically placed fans to keep air moving like it should.

Read the complete article and Green News' take on it: http://www.green-energy-news.com/arch/nrgs2008/20080058.html Visit the Georgia company's site at: http://www.coencogroup.com

The Coenco Group's system works best for larger 'box-shaped' buildings. The company installs air conditioning systems and then does a study to see where the hot and cold patches of the room are. Then, they install fans to keep air moving and create a more even distribution in the room. With the fans installed and providing a more comfortable temperature less mainstream air conditioning (or heating) units are required to cool (or heat) the space. This has the potential to create huge savings on energy bills, while keeping the same level of comfort. Even though this technology is being used only for larger buildings at the present time, this type of fan use can be applicable to residential homes in the future. This might even be a quick fix for a homeowner. If you have a spot in your home that isn't being cooled properly, try a small house fan to circulate some of the cooled air. While a small fan isn't a permanent fix, it should at least tide you over until a better solution can be found.