Homeowners reduceenergy costs, humidity withvariable speed heat pumps
Result• Homeowners saved 30-40 percent on energy bill
• Crystal River, Florida area homes benefited from almost
immediate 20-25 percent reduction in humidity• Hot air supply without supplemental heating• No callbacks on installed systems

Emerson Technologies and Service• Copeland Scroll™ variable speed compressor• Carrier® Infinity® heat pump with Greenspeed™
intelligence

Application• Heat pumps were installed as replacement systems
in homes in the Crystal River region of Florida

Customer• Bay Area Air Conditioning & Heating recommends
Carrier Infinity Greenspeed intelligence heat pumpsystems, with more than 30 installed to date. President
Dave Hutchins is a 2011 Carrier Hall of Fame award
winner for lifetime achievement in the industry.
The company employs 52 with a fleet of 30 trucks.

Challenge
Air conditioning is essential in Florida. Managing bothtemperature and comfort throughout the home arechallenges facing any residential heating and cooling system.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration,
Florida’s per capita residential electricity demand is among
the highest in the country, due in part to high air conditioning
use during the summer and the fact that about 90
percent of Florida households use electricity for heating.
In fact 40 percent of new systems in Florida are heat pumps.
Due to increasing interest from homeowners in cutting
electric bills without sacrificing comfort, contractors arebeing asked to deliver high-efficiency heat pump systems thatoffer both humidity control and increased hot air supply.

Our customers are noticing thedifference in comfort immediately. One
homeowner told us this was the best air
conditioning he’d had in his life. The hot
air supply is so good on this system, wehave had to talk homeowners out ofsupplemental heating.
I installed one of these systems inmy own home and saved
42 percent on my energy bill.
Dave Hutchins, President
Bay Area Air Conditioning & Heating

Contractors are also encountering more educated consumers
who have researched concepts like HSPF and SEER and wantto ensure their homes have the latest HVAC technology.

Solution
Bay Area Air Conditioning & Heating began installing
Carrier Infinity heat pumps with Greenspeed intelligenceas soon as the new system was available. “We had one
gentleman call us about the system before it was even in stock.
He had seen the announcement online and was eager to havea system in his home that offered the potential of
20 SEER and 13 HSPF,” said Bay Area President Dave Hutchins.
The Carrier variable speed heat pump features Emerson’s
Copeland™ variable speed scroll compressor, which enables
this unprecedented efficiency with 40 percent greater
year-round energy savings than standard heat pumps.
With the Copeland variable speed scroll compressor,
systems can deliver significant improvement in year-roundcomfort for homeowners. By maintaining capacity at low
ambient temperatures, systems equipped with Copeland
variable speed compressors deliver hotter supply air, a key
need for heat pumps. In addition, summer humidity control
is significantly improved. The Copeland variable speed scroll
compressor also provides diagnostics and protection
capabilities to improve ease of service and system reliability.

We’ve had the system for threemonths and have seen a 30 percent savings
so far. We’ve been delighted when we getthe electric bill now, which is rare thesedays. With the cost of energy going up,
we felt the investment would
pay off in the long haul.
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