Hi, my name is David Lamb and I work for Peirce Phelps,
the local Carrier and Bryant distributor
of ductless products.
Today, the case study that we've put together looks at a
home up in State College, which has a landlord who is
looking to increase the value of the property and make it
more desirable to rent, the actual tenant who lives
in the property,
and then also it looks at the cost savings in terms
of energy.
It's so great that it really makes a compelling case for
putting ductless in your home.
It's always difficult to heat and cool the second floor of a
Cape Cod or even houses that are 1000 to 1400 square feet.
So we have a strong feeling that taking out an old unit
that was 18 years old with R-22 refrigerant in it and
putting in something new and innovative, variable speed
technology, an innovative product in the ductless world
that this will actually be a benefit to the consumer,
to this particular resident in this house, to save money in
the long run.
When I moved in, it was just starting to get hot and summer
had just been getting started.
There was a central air unit in, but there was nothing
for the upstairs, so the upstairs bedroom would
get pretty toasty.
Joe obviously is in the business of doing this and he
knows what works well.
And there's been a lot of problems with window units,
you know, with water leaking and causing water damage
and just, you know, expensive.
So he thought the best way to do it is put a new
ductless system in.
And yeah, it's worked perfect so.
And, then what we did was then an energy comparison
of six months to six months
Two different years, ’20 and ‘22
and looked at the kilowatts saved
which looks to be around 32%
This is a straight heat pump installation.
Yep.
This is a heat pump with a fan coil for the first floor and
the basement and a high wall duct unit for the
second floor.
A lot of people for a lot of years have thought a heat pumps
not going to work.
But with the new designs of heat pumps that are pulling the
ambient temperature and making heat down to zero degrees,
it's really revolutionized what we can offer to a consumer.
Dealers and contractors can now offer something that actually
they won't have the use for resistance heat like we
did before, before he pumps would work down to 35, 30,
30 degrees something in that neighborhood.
Now we have heat pumps that will work down to zero and some
of them even produced heat down to -22.
Well, I've been delighted to work with Redmond's
Complete Comfort, starting out with them almost 16 years ago.
They have really blossomed in such an amazing company and
what they've done more than anything else, that they've
created a culture within their company of great service to
their community and great service to their customers.
And it's proven here in their installation.
The installation here is absolutely beautiful.
It's great work.
And he was very willing to listen to my ideas.
And that's, I think, what sets them apart.
They go into a home and they listen to what the
consumer wants, help take care of their comfort levels and
then provide them with a system that's applicable to
that particular circumstance.
You know, when you're looking at changing out a system,
take a look at what you had before, whether it's
an oil furnace
You want to change that to something or a regular
current heat pump.
Age is important.
And take a look at what the HSPF ratings are, the heat
seasonal performance ratings.
Take a look at the SEER ratings and take a look at what you're
going to get in the long run,
so far as the return on investment for the consumer,
take a look at all the rebates that are out there for you
it all roles into one package to save the consumer more money in
the long run.
Hopefully you found the case study interesting
and illustrative of the type of savings you can receive
Obviously, savings in terms of energy will vary
based on the home and the systems you’re replacing
But, in the long run, heat pumps will
save you money and will give you great comfort at the same time.