Envision it: you are collecting your things at your office and miles away at your home, the range kicks on to make dinner. The AC system is notified and adjusts the temperature down to deliver more cool air to counteract the oven’s additional heat. When you come home the lights automatically turn on as you enter, dinner is prepared, and your home is at the ideal temperature.
That’s the dream! And also the type of advanced home interconnectivity that is available now and 2017 could be an essential year for advancements in how your home’s HVAC system functions as part of the team.
“Smart phones revolutionized our lives in part because they allowed countless apps to make our lives simpler and richer,” said Rob Haines, Marketing Manager for Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning. “We predict that in 2017, developers will be centering on more new apps that permit all your home’s systems and appliances to interact instead of being siloed, and this will result in breakout new advancements in how your home’s heating and cooling systems work.”
Smart thermostats and newer, updated HVAC systems can already send messages to you about energy use and standard maintenance such as filter changes. Future systems could even be able to identify a possible equipment failure before it takes place and notify your HVAC repair company to reach out to you and schedule a technician’s visit. The technician will arrive with the knowledge about the malfunction and the needed parts to repair it.
Another on-the-drawing-board vision is the use of infrared heat sensing inside the home that will conclude which rooms are in use by residents and actually send heating and cooling specifically to those rooms.
“Zoned heating and cooling systems have been one of the largest growing parts of the HVAC industry for many years, and that will remain a big opportunity,” said Haines. “Increasingly, systems will concentrate on heating and cooling specific rooms or groups of rooms as needed to upgrade comfort and energy efficiency.”
And yes, Haines adds, the millennials are helping to drive the trends for at-home connectivity and more efficient heating and air conditioning systems. “As millennials purchase their homes, they want their home systems like heating and air conditioning to not only do what they are told, but to monitor and adjust themselves and to proactively provide feedback to the homeowner. We also notice that the millennials and Generation X are much more aware about energy efficiency and those effects of their heating and cooling systems.”
While early 2017 is the right time to look at trends for the year, it’s also a fantastic time to benefit from savings that will pay off in the future. For the next several weeks many Service Experts centers are providing free or deeply discounted equipment when you buy a qualifying item, such as a free furnace when you invest in an AC system. Furnace tune-ups are also deeply discounted just in time for the coldest months of the year. Call Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning in Cleveland today to schedule a no-charge in-home estimate or to set up a furnace tune up to make sure your system is ready to keep you safe and warm all winter long.