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Energy Efficiency
9/17/2019

How Your Ceiling Fans Can Keep You Comfy and Energy Efficient All Year Long

Adjust your thermostat and reduce energy bills by using a ceiling fan year-round with the correct seasonal setting for optimal comfort.

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6/15/2019

Upgrading your Air Conditioner? – Choose One with a Variable-Speed Air Handler

When is the last time you scheduled routine maintenance on your home’s air conditioning system? If the answer is more than a year ago, or you can’t remember, it’s probably time to schedule a preventative maintenance visit.

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5/31/2019

Tips on When to Replace Your Air Conditioner

When your cooling system malfunctions or completely breaks down, you have a decision: do you repair or do you replace your air conditioner?

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4/30/2019

What an HVAC Technician Should Check During Routine A/C Maintenance

When is the last time you scheduled routine maintenance on your home’s air conditioning system? If the answer is more than a year ago, or you can’t remember, it’s probably time to schedule a preventative maintenance visit.

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4/15/2019

Air Conditioning Best Practices to Prevent Mold Problems

You may not know it, but you already have important mold-control technology installed in your home: your air conditioning unit. Mold doesn’t need much to survive. A food supply, the right temperatures, and sufficient moisture are the only ingredients necessary for fungi to thrive.

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1/22/2019

Top 5 Home Heating Problems To Avoid This Winter

Winter is here! Our Northern Virginia winters bring temperatures in the 30s, sometimes lower, and usually a big batch or two of snow. Winter in Loudoun County means plenty of time spent indoors in the company of family, some favorite electronic devices and your trusty HVAC heating system.

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12/5/2018

Want to Save More Money? Replace Your Home’s HVAC System Sooner Rather Than Later

Are you starting to get sticker shock when looking at your utility bills? You’re not alone. All across the country utility rates are going up. Many homes also have aging HVAC systems that are not as efficient as modern systems.

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8/9/2018

What you pay for… It’s not a commodity: What is behind pricing in the HVAC industry?

We get the question all the time. “You’re charging me $300 for a part that I can get for half of that price on Amazon. Why shouldn’t I just buy the part online and pay the lower price?” The easy answer is because we are in the “service industry”.

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6/9/2017

Lennox PureAir Purification System Demonstration: For Healthy Allergy-Free Breathing

Pete Danielson, home services expert and co-owner of Modern Mechanical’s One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning demonstrates how quickly dirty air can fill the “room” without proper air purification.

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5/9/2017

HVAC Air Filter Demonstration: Some Really Do Work Better Than Others

Warning: Your fancy, high priced air filter could be doing more harm than good. Follow the bouncing ball in this cool demonstration as home services expert Pete Danielson...

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5/9/2017

How the New Water Heater Efficiency Standards Affect You

Significant Changes in Energy that Affect Every Homeowner Some things every smart homeowner knows. We know to test our smoke detectors and our air filters every month.

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