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The Benefits of Zone Control


	Shut off vents in rooms not in use? Noticed that the upper floor is too warm and the first floor is too cold? Shut off vents on the upper floor to force more heat to the lower floor? Shut off vents on the lower floor to force more cooling to the upper floor? Desired more cooling in a room with a large solar exposed glass area while all other rooms were cooling comfortably? Found yourself constantly fiddling with the thermostat or using space heaters in some areas? Found that the guest bedroom is too cold for your visiting mother in law?


	It's simply not possible for one thermostat to provide ideal comfort in every room. What's comfortable for the bedroom may be too warm for the family room. Zoning offers the easy, affordable, economical solution. Zoning divides the house into areas with similar heating and cooling requirements with each zone being controlled by its own thermostat. The result is total comfort, no matter where you are inside your home, heating or cooling only the rooms that are needed, and wasting less energy.


	By heating or cooling only those rooms you'll be using, Zoning allows you to conserve energy. Consider the alternative in most homes, whereby one thermostat controls the temperature of the entire house; rooms not in use are needlessly being heated or cooled, wasting energy and costing you money. An old wise tale says to leave your thermostat set and maintain a constant temperature continually, which is untrue. It cost much less to heat up a cold house where the thermostat has been off than to leave the setting the same all the time. This also goes for cooling. Always shut off the heating or cooling in areas not in use to maximize energy savings. The energy savings with Zoning can exceed 30% when properly operated. This kind of savings exceeds any savings derived from upgrading to higher efficient equipment. However, to realize energy savings in excess of 40% it is suggested that you install programmable thermostats in each zone and upgrade to high efficient equipment.

Annual Fuel Cost	Savings in 1 year	Savings in 5 years	Savings in 10 years
$1400	$420	$2100	$4200
$1680	$504	$2520	$5040
$2100	$630	$3150	$6300
$2700	$810	$4050	$8100

*Based on a Southern California study in 2008