The Benefits of an HVAC Zoning System For Your Home

Written by Posted On Wednesday, 28 August 2019 15:15

It’s the norm for most homes to have one HVAC system and one thermostat controlling everything. It’s the thermostat that detects the temperature in a given room and tells the system to stop when the temperature’s right, or keep running when it thinks the area isn’t cool or warm enough.

What often happens with this setup, however, is that the thermostat will almost always read the temperature as comfortable, mainly because the room where it’s placed is. It doesn’t really mind if the other parts of the house are too cold or too warm. As long as the area where it sits is comfortably cool or warm, the thermostat will, at any given point, eventually send a signal to the system telling it to shut down.

Without a doubt, the thermostat’s action lends itself well to energy efficiency, but it does so at the expense of the comfort of the other rooms of the house. If you want equal cooling and heating to all areas of your home, you must seriously consider setting up an HVAC zoning system.

Creating comfort zones in your home

By putting an HVAC zoning system in place, you can customize heating and cooling within your home, which will be divided into comfort zones, each with its own thermostat. The multiple thermostats will be a part of a system that includes dampers and a control panel, with the singular objective of regulating airflow in your home’s air ducts.

In an HVAC zoning system, all the thermostats will actively read the climate in their respective zones. Any one of them is poised to alert the HVAC system through the control panel if they detect uneven temperatures in their areas. The affected zones will then get that much-needed blast of cooled or heated air as the dampers open. Once the temperature in those zones reaches comfortable levels, the dampers will close.

So what are the benefits of HVAC zoning?

Better individual climate control

Have you ever complained that your bedroom is too cold or too warm? There will no longer be any of that if you have an HVAC zoning system in place. Since every single member of your household will have their own thermostat, everyone will have the ability to control the temperature in their respective rooms.  

A more efficient operation

HVAC zoning also makes for a more efficient operation as the system can be told not to heat or cool rooms that aren’t used most of the time. With dampers stopping airflow to areas like the basement, you can expect your next utility bill to be lower.

Longer life for your HVAC system

When your HVAC system is running efficiently, it will suffer less wear and tear. Your air conditioner is bound to last longer when it doesn’t go through that much stress.

Improved IAQ

If you think indoor air is better than what you breathe outside of your home, think again. With the dust, pollen, dirt, mold, pet dander, and other contaminants that are likely to be present in the air inside your home, it’s highly likely that your indoor air quality is just as poor—even poorer. And your HVAC system plays a huge role in spreading them throughout your home.

HVAC zoning prevents that from happening. Each zone can be closed or opened at any time you want, making it hard for contaminants from one zone to cross into other zones. Indoor air quality is expected to improve with an HVAC zoning system. Skin rashes, asthma, eye irritation, allergic reactions, and other health issues brought about by poor indoor air quality will also see a drop.

Put up an HVAC zoning system for your home now and see the cool (or hot) results for yourself.

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