Why Go Ductless?

Decrease Your Heating & Cooling Costs With Ductless

Saving money is always important to homeowners. However, many people often sacrifice their comfort to keep their utility bill low. This is especially problematic when you’re paying to cool and heat rooms that you don’t use, such as the basement or spare rooms. With a Mitsubishi^® Ductless Cooling and heating system, each and every room in your home can be maintained at your desired temperature without wasting energy to heat or cool the entire home! By using a ductless heater or ductless air conditioner, these rooms can be turned off or on low when you aren’t using them. With these systems, the temperature can be adjusted to save energy in every area of your home.

Another way many people lose energy in their home is through leaky ductwork. When the warm or cool air is transported through this system, heat transfer will take place. This can be severe if the ducts are excessively leaky or have damage. You may require a tune-up on your heating or cooling system to ensure rooms farther away from the system get sufficient airflow at the temperature you desire. However, with a Mitsubishi^® Ductless System, there is no heat transfer or leaky ducts to worry about.

Each area of your home can be fitted with its own unit that connects to the main system, giving you “zoned” temperature control. With this innovative feature, you are able to have specific temperatures in each “zone” without losing excessive energy and money in the process. In addition to these energy savings, ductless systems have an extremely simple installation process, involving only a small three-inch hole and access to electricity. Therefore, there’s no need for costly ductwork along with the mess of demolition and construction work other traditional air conditioners or heating systems would require.

Improved Air Quality for Allergy & Asthma Sufferers

Most homes have a labyrinth of bulky ductwork that routes cool and warm air throughout your home to maintain a certain temperature. During the off-season, when these heating or cooling systems are not being used, your ductwork collects dirt, dust, allergens, and other pesky debris. When you turn the system on, these particulates are blown through the ductwork and spread throughout your home. Unfortunately, these airborne particles can create issues for you and your family, especially those with allergies, asthma, respiratory ailments, and other health issues.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranks indoor air pollution is one of the top 5 environmental health risks. Generally, outdoor air is less contaminated while indoor air can be stale, polluted with dust, pet dander, and other allergens which affect you and your family’s health. For those with allergies, asthma, or other respiratory ailments poor indoor air quality can immediately impact the quality of life causing undue suffering in your own home.

Environmentally Responsible Heating & Cooling

Another growing area of concern is balancing the need for comfortable living with an increased focus on the environment. Older systems utilized R22 refrigerant, often times referred to by the brand name Freon^®. As of 2010 R22 (Freon^®) has been phased out of the market and replaced by R410a, a better suited refrigerant sometimes referred to by the brand name Puron^®.

The R22 is less energy efficient and causes damage to the ozone layer. R22 is a class of chemical known as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). This chemical refrigerant is less energy efficient because it absorbs and releases heat in a lesser amount when compared to the far superior R410a. R22 also wreaks havoc on the ozone layer due to releasing greenhouse gasses which includes chlorine atoms. A single chlorine atom can potentially 100,000 ozone molecules. The weaker the ozone the higher potential ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun can penetrate ozone layer and reach the surface of the Earth. When this occurs increased risk of sun burns and even higher risks of skin cancer.

R410a is the preferred refrigerant and has been phased in as R22 is being phased out. The benefits of 410a is the cooling equipment requires higher-quality and longer-lasting parts to protect the cooling and heating systems from overheating. Additionally, R410a has a higher energy efficiency in heat absorption and release than older R22 refrigerant. The ideal goal is to have a refrigerant with an ozone depletion level of 0 which is why the U.S. government recommends to switch all equipment to the updated specification of R410a.

You can rest easy knowing that your Mitsubishi^® Ductless System comes standard with R410a refrigerant. Now, with better quality equipment, better cooling performance, and more environmentally stable you don’t have to sacrifice your personal comfort and risk environmental harm. What’s not to love?