Blog Tag: Energy Efficiency

Have you ever gone on vacation and wanted to jump in the swimming pool at the resort or hotel only to find it was FREEZING?! It seems like a resort or hotel should have water that is warm and comfortable enough for the guests to enjoy. We’re not talking bathwater warm, but warm enough that you’re not dealing with goosebumps and chattering teeth! How warm is warm enough for your swimming pool water? It is a bit subjective, but there are averages!

If you’re a commercial property owner or manager, you know that many of your guests to pay you a visit because they want to get away from cold weather and have a treat of a swim in a pool on their vacations.

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Whether you’re moving into a new home or taking over the ownership or management of a commercial property there will come a time when you need to hire an HVAC or geothermal professional. We have tips to help you find the best professional for your needs. Because these units are so expensive, hiring the best professional for your money is of utmost importance.

Remember, just because you have used the same HVAC service for a “long-time” doesn’t mean you can’t search out a new professional. There is also no reason to “shop around” for a new professional to service and maintain the unit in your home, condo or commercial property.

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How clean is the air you breathe? If you don’t understand the MERV (minimum efficiency reporting value) of the air filter in the HVAC unit in your home or commercial building, you should. Ask a Symbiont Service geothermal professional, “how do MERV ratings impact air flow” and air quality. 

Today’s HVAC units can accommodate and more efficiently utilize air filters with higher MERV ratings. Homes and commercial buildings with old HVAC units may not operate as effectively and could experience problems in air flow. An air conditioning unit that has impeded air flows will place unnecessary stress on the HVAC unit and cost more to operate.

Talk with one of the geothermal and HVAC professionals from Symbiont Service when he or she pays a visit and ask about the MERV rating of the air filter in the unit in your home or facility.

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How much longer before we’re going to have to replace the HVAC system? It’s a question homeowners and commercial property owners and managers ask themselves at the beginning, middle and end of the heating and cooling season.

The air conditioning professionals from Symbiont Air Conditioning in Englewood, Florida have advice on the life cycle of an air conditioning unit and ways in which their experienced HVAC pros can help extend the life of your unit.

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GeoThermal is the most energy-efficient way to heat and cool a home, office or swimming pool. GeoThermal also conserves natural resources and doesn’t involve the use of fossil fuels. How to heat your pool with GeoThermal energy is something our clients ask the Symbiont Service Corp GeoThermal experts about all the time.

Do you want a way to heat, and cool, a personal or commercial swimming pool? GeoThermal is an ideal resource and way to heat the pool and it also brings many benefits above using gas, electric or even solar pool heating units.

How does GeoThermal pool heating and energy work?

• The temperature beneath the earth remains stable — day in and day out, year after year. GeoThermal energy draws on the core temperature beneath the earth to heat and cool the pool. The GeoThermal unit uses a heat pump to draw the heat from the earth and heat the water.
• The GeoThermal unit utilizes electricity to transfer the heat from beneath the earth to the GeoThermal unit that is heating and cooling the swimming pool.
• Note: The water you’re swimming in and the water drawn from the earth, never mingle.

Here are some of the benefits and advantages of using GeoThermal energy for the swimming pool water.

• You save money! When you heat with GeoThermal energy you can save between 70-90% from the costs of having used gas to heat the water! That is significant. The GeoThermal heating system for the pool heater has a longer life than other heaters and that will help offset the cost of heating the pool water. 
• A GeoThermal system can last up to two decades. Other pool water heating units may last only five to ten years.
• The underground water temperature in Englewood, Florida and surrounding Florida areas remains a constant 75 degrees. This means the GeoThermal pump won’t have to expend a lot of energy to heat the water and it can easily intensify the heat of the water underground to heat the water in the pool.
• A GeoThermal system can work with a hot tub or spa as well and heats the water more efficiently.
• A heat pump and the GeoThermal unit can cool the water as well as heat it. That is an amazing benefit for those days when the temperature outside would make swimming in a heated pool uncomfortable. A heat pump has a “reverse” valve to cool the water in a swimming pool when necessary. Using GeoThermal cooling is an energy efficient way to lower the water temperature and it also reduces the amount of water lost through evaporation. 
• Symbiont Service Corp is one of the oldest names in GeoThermal pool heating and cooling. If you have an aquatic facility, community pool or a backyard pool you want to use all year with a minimal environmental impact, contact us and we’ll be happy to introduce to more benefits of GeoThermal systems.

Symbiont Service Corp. serves Englewood, Florida and the surrounding areas. Visit our website to see our special offers and get started today!

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Heading into the hot and humid months of the summer may not seem like the time to have pool heater service maintenance performed, but now is the time to perform pool heater service. The reason is: The schedules are more open and you may have an easier time getting the appointment of your choice and when your pool heater is serviced now, it will be ready for that inevitable cool snap (you know it’s coming!) 

Community swimming pools in Englewood, Florida and across the state of Florida are beginning to open. The geothermal and swimming pool heater service professionals from Symbiont Service are in the field performing maintenance and upkeep on the more than 30 YMCA swimming pool heaters we inspect. Rest assured that when our technicians are on site they are wearing masks and gloves and maintain a more than six foot distance from one another. It is also not necessary for our technicians to have to interact with the YMCA or other swimming pool owner if the owner doesn’t want to.

Now Is The Time To Perform Pool Heater Service

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The ductwork in your home and in most commercial buildings are invisible. Because of this you don’t think about it nor do you ask yourself, is your ductwork working?

Understanding and configuring the ductwork in your home or office is one of those “invisible” tasks that the geothermal professionals from Symbiont Service Corp in Englewood, Florida do pay close attention to.

The reason ductwork needs to be thought about is that in addition to efficient geothermal cooling and heating for your home or office, you need to consider the components that carry that heated or cooled air throughout. The ductwork in the home or office plays a crucial part in the efficient distribution of the air. If the ductwork hasn’t been designed properly or if it’s improperly installed, sealed or clogged you can lose more than 20% of the heated and cooled air (that you’re paying for!) because the ductwork hadn’t been properly designed.

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These are stressful and, for many, unprecedented times in the continuing outbreak of #Coronavirus (COVID-19). While we have made some changes in our business operations, we are considered essential service providers because we are HVAC contractors. The changes are our response to the coronavirus quarantine, employee safety and customer safety and service. 

The Symbiont Service lobby is closed to the public. Our staff continues to work its regular hours, covering phones, making deliveries and providing services to our customers.

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Geothermal energy and its technologies are not new. In fact, geothermal technology for heating and cooling homes has been around for quite some time. If you’ve ever wondered, “is geothermal technology right for your Florida home?” we have some answers and insights to help you make an informed decision.

Many Englewood, Florida (and the surrounding areas) understand the benefits of geothermal and are interested in having the heating and cooling technology at their homes. If you’re still wondering whether your home is suited for this type of heating and cooling, we want to give you some information that takes into consideration the Florida environment and weather.

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Are you concerned that if you invest in a geothermal energy system for your home, office or to heat and cool your swimming pool water that it will be difficult to maintain? The geothermal energy experts from Symbiont Service Corp in Englewood, Florida have put together a guide to geothermal energy maintenance of the unit.

A geothermal energy unit is relatively low-maintenance and much of the equipment is beneath the ground and that means it’s not exposed to the elements. In Florida, as you know, hurricanes are one of the elements with which we are faced and not having the heating and cooling unit exposed is ideal.

A Guide To Geothermal Energy Maintenance

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