So instead, we do our very best to never waste energy for air conditioning
When it comes to my lifestyle and the way we do things in our family, we lean toward the sustainable. While both my husband and I have good jobs inside the commercial HVAC of buildings downtown, we’re careful with our money. And we also use part of our income to pay it forward for others. So when it comes to cooling our house, we have some mixed emotions. First, there’s really no way that you can live this far south in a house like this and not have air conditioning. For sure, our house is super tight and well insulated. It’s also the type of southern house with high pitched ceilings and ceiling fans in every room. Still, the idea of going completely without cooling from the heat pump would be sort of crazy. Of course, it would be uncomfortable to not have air conditioning when the temperatures outside stay in the mid to upper 90’s for at least four months. But of course, it’s been done for generations prior to those having residential HVAC. However, my biggest concern is that the air conditioning process is also balancing the humidity level and that mitigates mold and mildew growth. Without the air conditioning process, it’d be potentially unhealthy in our home. And I know that it would smell like a lot of bleach. So, as much as we’d like to be completely sustainable with no HVAC, it just doesn’t make any sense. So instead, we do our very best to never waste energy for air conditioning. We prep the house, get an air conditioning tune up and then follow strict thermostat settings to save as much energy as possible.