{"id":835,"date":"2014-11-17T09:32:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/blog\/?p=835"},"modified":"2014-11-17T09:32:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:32:19","slug":"how-does-a-zone-heating-system-improve-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"How Does a Zone Heating System Improve Efficiency?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heating efficiency is a priority in most homes, and there are a number of tools and upgrades homeowners can utilize to achieve better energy efficiency through the winter. One such upgrade is a zone heating system. Zone heating systems are easy to use but relatively complex to install, so if a zone heating installation in Jacksonville seems like a great idea for your home, call the people who can install the system quickly, correctly and efficiently: Touchstone Heating and Air, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Does a Zone Control System Work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first step with the installation of any zone control system is to designate the zones. Zones can be a single room, a group of rooms, a floor or wing of your home \u2013 the decision is yours. Once the zones are designated, the technician installs motorized dampers into the supply ducts of your ductwork; these dampers are connected to a main control panel. Each zone is outfitted with its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/heating\/thermostat\" target=\"_blank\">thermostat<\/a> that also connects to the main control panel. The main control panel controls the opening and closing of the dampers to maintain the temperature set in each zone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Can a Zone Control System Help Heating Efficiency?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With a zone control system, you use only the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/heating\" target=\"_blank\">heating<\/a> you need. For instance, with a zone control system, you can turn off heating to the areas of your home that are unused or unoccupied; you can\u2019t do this with regular ductwork. By reducing the amount of heating you use, you use less energy, making your home more energy efficient.<\/p>\n<p>A second way a zone control system can help with heating efficiency is by reducing operational time. Being able to customize your heat means you use less heat; this means your system doesn\u2019t need to generate as much heat, and as such, it operates for less time. Less operation means more energy savings for you.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you are interested in seeing what a zone heating installation in Jacksonville can do for you and your home, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/contact\/contact\" target=\"_blank\">call Touchstone Heating and Air, Inc.<\/a>, today.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heating efficiency is a priority in most homes, and there are a number of tools and upgrades homeowners can utilize to achieve better energy efficiency through the winter. One such upgrade is a zone heating system. Zone heating systems are easy to use but relatively complex to install&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[14,84],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-jacksonville","tag-zone-control-heating-installation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchstoneheatingonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}