HRV stands for Heat Recovery Ventilator & is designed to exchange stale indoor air air from the outside while preconditioning it. The HRV while similiar to an  differs in the fact that while the two streams pass through the core, they never touch which only allows for the transfer of heat, not mouisture.

HSPF or Heating Seasonal Performance Factor, is an efficiency rating for Heat Pumps which takes the estimated seasonal heating output in BTU’s & divides that by the amount of energy that it consumes. The higher the HSPF the better. Currently units must have a 7.7 HSPF or better with 13 being the most efficient.

HVAC stands for Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning which many use to reference an all in one heat pump/ furnace & AC unit. It also refers to a professional group of tradesmen licensed & trained to work on those three systems &/or the board that oversees them.

SEER or Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio is a measure of your cooling equipments efficiency over the cooling season. The higher a unit’s SEER, the more efficient the unit is. The ratio is determined by taking the total cooling power (measured in BTU‘s) which is then divided by the total electrical consumption (measured in KWH). In order to determine how […]