ANC Heating and Air Conditioning has been installing heat pumps for over 60 years and we are proud to be Greater Binghamton’s local expert in safe, clean heating and cooling.
ANC Heating and Air Conditioning can help you save money by switching to an energy efficient heat pump. The cost of heating and cooling your home with a cold-climate heat pump is typically less than oil, propane, or electric resistance.
Compared to traditional furnace and A/C units, heat pumps have a variety of benefits that make them the clear leader in heating and cooling your home. These include lower maintenance costs, more flexible installation options, a simplified design, and most importantly – they’re remarkably more energy efficient to save you big throughout the year. Most homeowner will enjoy a 10-30% decrease in their bills with this percentage even higher in homes that are properly insulated and have energy efficient windows and doors installed.
What Makes Heat Pumps so Energy Efficient?
If you previously heated with fuel like oil or propane, don’t be surprised to see electric bills increase. However, your fuel bills will drop or disappear, which should more than offset the increase to your electric bills. In fact, many homeowners who currently heat with oil or propane can pay for their new heat pumps with the savings they earn by switching away from these dirty and expensive fossil fuels. Our expert team can help you understand how to come out ahead from day one!
The main reason heat pumps far outperform the efficiency levels found in traditional HVAC systems is heat pumps will transfer warm or cold air from one part of your home to another. This heat transfer is much more efficient than systems that simply heat or cool air and evenly disperse it throughout your home.
When a heat pump cools the air in your home, it is intelligently taking the warm air trapped in your home and transferring it outside of your home. In the wintertime, as your heat pump works to heat your home, it takes the cooler air from outside your home, heats it, and moves it throughout your home.
In both scenarios, your heat pump is able to use the heat it finds in the air, both inside and outside your home, in order to both heat and cool the air throughout the rooms in your home. This allows the air in your home to never be heated more than is necessary which leads to amazing efficiency levels.
Still Confused?
Let’s take a simple example. In the wintertime, even when the air outside is at 5°F, there is still heat that exists in that air. Your heat pump will circulate refrigerant throughout the coils that is much colder than 5°F, cooled well into negative numbers. Since heat tends to naturally move towards air that is colder than itself, your heat pump is able to attract, and extract, that warmer air from the environment and transfer it into your home by way of the compressor and refrigerant.
Types of Heat Pumps
Ground Source Heat Pumps
Ground source heat pumps, also referred to as geothermal heat pumps, extract heat from the ground during cold weather via an underground pipe system, which is then distributed throughout the home. During warmer months, the process is reversed to provide cooling.
With a ground source heat pump, your home will be heated and cooled by compact, modern technology that operates safely, quietly, and efficiently. In fact, with ground source heat pumps, you will not have any visible outdoor equipment, meaning you and your family can enjoy your yard as it was meant to be.
While ground source heat pumps are the most efficient, they also have a higher installation cost than other options. The energy savings from ground source heat pumps offset the initial investment in the long run. Many homeowners that finance their ground source heat pump systems save more in energy costs than the loan payment.
Air Source Heat Pumps
Today’s cold-climate air source heat pumps work in cold weather and are capable of meeting 100% of a Binghamton or Ithaca home’s heating needs. While it is true that in the past, older air source heat pumps were less effective when temperatures dropped below freezing, the state-of-the-art heat pumps that ANC Heating and Air Conditioning installs use advanced compressor technology and improved system controls to keep you comfortable even on the coldest Upstate New York nights.
With a cold-climate air source heat pump, you can enjoy heating and cooling from a single, modern system instead of buying and servicing separate heating and cooling equipment. That means less maintenance and less equipment taking up space in your basement and yard — and fewer headaches!
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Trust ANC Heating with Your Heat Pump Installation
The time has never been better to save on a new heat pump installation. Our team can help you access rebates, incentives, and low-interest financing from New York State for the installation of a new heat pump.
Call us or fill out the form on this page for a complimentary estimate on a new heat pump for your home.
