Need advice choosing your air conditioning system?

To ensure that your air conditioning system operates at peak efficiency, it's important to design and install the system correctly with the right balance of airflow throughout the home. Ducted air conditioning offers a complete solution that provides comfort to the entire home or specific rooms through zone control. Zoning allows for greater control over the airflow, providing flexibility to use the system according to your lifestyle and living arrangements. You can select which zones are on or off, or set different temperatures for specific zones simultaneously with advanced controllers, resulting in better energy efficiency and superior comfort.

Here are some factors to consider when deciding on the best way to divide your house into zones:

Evaluate the home design: Examine the home design to determine which parts of the home may have higher or lower loads than others. Hot air rises, so if you have a multi-story home, separate zones should be used for each floor. Rooms with large windows or doorways will also likely need separate zones.

Consider room use: Separate rooms that are used for different functions or at different times of the day. For instance, bedrooms and living areas should be separate zones since bedrooms are used mostly in the morning and night, while living areas are used during the day and evening. Most homes will have separate zones for the master suite, regularly used bedrooms, and living areas.

Determine natural heating and cooling: Factor in outdoor temperature and sunlight that penetrates a room or zone through windows or skylights. Insulated basements and subterranean rooms tend to be cooler, while attics are hotter. Rooms that face the sun absorb more heat, so ensure that sun-facing and shaded rooms are separated into different zones.

Multiple rooms in a zone: A zone may contain more than one room, but only if there is an open connection or doorway between them. The more open the rooms are to other rooms within a zone, the more resilient the zone will be to imbalances in heating and cooling loads.

Create a constant zone: A constant zone is an area that always receives air while the system is running. This provides a consistent place for the air conditioner to operate and ensures that all zones are not closed at once, allowing your installer to balance the unit correctly. The main living area is commonly used as the constant zone since it is occupied the most throughout the day.



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