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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Normal Air Conditioning Repairs Will Soon Change

Normal Air Conditioning Repairs Will Soon Change
Know your Refrigerant type

At the end of January of this year (2012) the EPA implemented a mandatory reduction in the manufacturing of R-22 refrigerant. This is what cools your home in the spring and summer months. The following day we called to get a price for R-22 and found out that it had tripled! Also many supply houses had limited the selling of R-22 to one canister per employee until they could get a handle on how much to charge.

It was crazy.

What does this mean for you as the consumer? Well if you do not know what type of refrigerant is used to heat or cool your home than I would highly recommend you find out. The demand for R-22 refrigerant has sky-rocketed in a very short time and if you have R-22 in your HVAC system then you could have a hard time finding someone to repair your unit this summer. With the cut that the government has put in place, R-22 will be hard for suppliers to keep in stock if Waldorf has another summer like last year (2011.) This is bad for the consumer because R-22 systems that have refrigerant leaks cannot be recharged without the same refrigerant.

This information is not to scare you but to educate you on making an informed decision. This may be the year to upgrade your system and get away from the old refrigerant that is going away. If you would like to know what type of refrigerant is in your system or want more information, please contact TMS, Inc. at 301.843.7477.

TMS, Inc.
Tim Johnson
President

Friday, January 27, 2012

Let's Talk Energy Savings

January 27, 2011

Let's Talk Energy Savings

The Energy-Star Yardstick: A Handy Tool To Determine How Your Home Measures Up

With the economy down, energy savings are more important than ever to Southern Maryland homeowners. Many are taking steps to improve household efficiency by upgrading to new HVAC equipment, installing high-efficiency windows or sealing air ducts. While there’s no doubt these techniques increase savings, you may have doubts about how well your efforts are paying off. How efficient is your home?

Energy Star has created a tool to help you compare how your household stacks up against others like it across America: The Home Energy Yardstick.

The Home Energy Yardstick is just one more way that Energy Star is fulfilling their goal of helping homeowners reduce their energy usage while sustaining the environment. Thanks to Energy Star’s hard work and the tips and tricks they provide, in one year U.S. homeowners were able to decrease dangerous emissions by the same amount that would have been produced by about 30 million cars.

You can access the Home Energy Yardstick for free online. It’s an easy-to-use calculator that rates your home against similar US homes, showing you how well you really score when it comes to home performance. Using the Yardstick should only take about five minutes, and you’ll be asked for some information, so have the following ready:

The energy sources your building runs on.
Data from your monthly, or annual, utility payments.
The number of square feet in your building.
While the Yardstick lets you choose between using monthly or annual utility payment information, we at Trumbull Mechanical Services Inc. recommend using monthly data. It gets more accurate results. However, start with last month’s data, not the current month’s, because it takes Energy Star about 30 days to update local weather information.

Once the Yardstick shows your score, see where your house falls on the efficiency scale. Is there room for improvement? If so, look to Energy Star’s Home Advisor for more ways to enhance home performance, or call TMS, Inc. 301.843.7477.

We’re proud to help Southern Maryland homeowners save money and stay comfortable.


Thanks,
Tim Johnson
President
TMS, Inc.