Do you feel confident that your heating and cooling technician is qualified to work on your valuable equipment? The only way to know for sure is to insist on NATE certification. Here's a look at what NATE certification is, and how it can affect the quality of HVAC installations and service. NATE sets the standard high North American Technician Excellence is the largest non-profit organization in the U.S. that tests and certifies technicians based on their mastering of skills in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration. NATE is entirely owned and governed by HVAC/R industry experts who stand nothing to personally gain by providing certifications to qualifying professionals. The only objective of the organization is...

Listed on the EPA’s top five environmental health concerns, air pollution is an all too common problem found in homes all across the world. Homeowners who make their homes energy efficient by making them airtight are decreasing the quality of their indoor air. Air cleaning technology may be the answer for helping your household breathe easier. 

Microscopic airborne particles floating throughout your home have a negative impact on your health. These breathing irritants cause an increase in headaches, nausea and fatigue, and will aggravate symptoms associated with bronchitis, COPD, allergies and asthma. Using an air cleaner in your home may help get rid of some of these particles. 

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As we leave the heating season and enter the summer cooling season, most of us do not think about insulation and how important it is to your cooling systems efficiency or your comfort. Being prepared for the hot summer by inspection your insulation situation can be as beneficial as preparing for winter.

Like most people, you’d probably like to save money on your household utility bills while enjoying comfortable indoor temperatures at all times. If you insulate specific areas, you are creating a protective wall between your home and the outdoor elements that effectively helps to reduce your energy usage. To accomplish this, you should insulate your home from the ground up.

Most people are now aware that indoor air pollution is an issue of growing concern and increased visibility. Many companies are marketing products and services intended to improve the quality of your indoor air. You have probably seen an advertisement, received a coupon in the mail, or been approached directly by a company offering to clean your air ducts as a means of improving your home's indoor air quality. These services typically — but not always — range in cost from $450 to $1,000 per heating and cooling system, depending on the services offered, the size of the system to be cleaned, system accessibility, climatic region, and level of contamination.

If you decide to have your heating and cooling system cleaned, it important to make sure the service provider agrees to clean all components of the system and is qualified to do so.

Duct cleaning generally...

In theory, programmable thermostats are a great way to save on home energy costs.

According to the Energy Information Administration, about 42% of home energy costs go to heating and cooling. A lot of that cost comes from heating and cooling empty (or unused) spaces, including heating and cooling while people are asleep. In plain English: People spend a lot to heat and cool their homes, and they're not good about turning things off when they're not needed.

Programmable thermostats help homeowners utilize energy-saving settings around the clock to encourage lower utility bills without sacrificing comfort. But you must know how to properly choose and use the programmable thermostat to ensure peak savings. Here are five guidelines to live by:

In the winter, you’ll want to set the thermostat back for a specific time...

Happy Holidays from the Airtron family to your family. Enjoy all the comforts of home!

Our hearts and thoughts are with the families of Newtown, CT at this time of tragedy.

You may use a whole-house humidifier to prevent damage to home products made of wood, encourage energy savings, or prevent health issues when the air is drier in the winter months. Regardless of your reason for having one, maintaining a whole-house humidifier is a necessary step, especially if you want to continue reaping its benefits and ensuring a good return on investment. “Humidifiers are commonly used in homes to relieve the physical discomforts of dry nose, throat, lips, and skin. The moisture they add to dry air also helps alleviate common nuisances brought on by winter heating, such as static electricity, splitting woodwork, and cracks in paint and furniture.” A humidifier has few moving parts, but because it operates with water running through it, one of the most significant and common problems many homeowners experience when using a whole-house...

Bring the Heat Day is a program of the Heating and Air Conditioning Alliance of Indiana, in conjunction with Indiana Neighborhood Housing Partnership (INHP).  On Saturday, Oct 6th, more than 70 local HACA professionals from over 20 companies inspected, cleaned and serviced heating units, and even installed a few new replacement systems free of charge for 100 low and moderate income Marion County homeowners. Airtron had 7 volunteers, who donated their time and expertise to the effort.

INHP www.inhp.org ,an Indianapolis nonprofit organization, identified  and qualified the almost 100 homeowners in need of assistance with their heating systems. 

We received a call to service a new furnace in someone’s home. Unfortunately for the homeowner, our technician identified the furnace as having been stolen from a builder’s home during construction. The new owner of the furnace purchased it in good faith on a popular on-line classified ad website and now needed it to be serviced. Airtron contacted the builder to advise them that we found their furnace, which was reported to the police as stolen months earlier.

Most people would never suspect that a furnace or air conditioner would be stolen in the first place so they may never give consideration to the possibility when making an on-line purchase.  New home construction...