Is it a challenge to keep your home at the perfect temperature? Is it always either too hot or too cold? Sunshine Air Conditioning & Heating in Yorktown Heights, New York, believes that the better informed you are about your heating and cooling, the happier you’ll be. That’s why they feel it is so important to understand the principles of heat transfer and cooling your body. By understanding how heat is transferred from the outdoors into your home and from your home to your body, you may end up saving money on future energy bills, and learn something new along the way:

• Principles Of Heat Transfer: Heat transferring into and out of your home happens through three processes: conduction, radiation, and convection. Conduction is the process of heat traveling through solid materials like your roof, walls, and windows — it’s why heat reflecting roofs, insulation, and energy-efficient windows are such a good idea. Radiation is how heat travels in the form of light, and examples include the sun, light bulbs, and even the burners on your stovetop. To reduce radiation, you can install blinds or Low-E coated windows. The final heating process is convection, which is the idea that hot air rises, circulating through the air to reach you.
• Cooling Your Body: If your house feels too hot, it’s not only from the principles of heat transfer. It’s also because of how your body cools down through convection, radiation, and perspiration. Convection occurs when heat is carried away from your body thanks to moving air — for example, house fans encourage greater convection. Radiation is when you feel hotter because of the objects in your house. If your walls are warmer than you are, heat will travel to you; ventilation reduces object radiation, so you stay cooler. The final process is perspiration or sweating — the most uncomfortable way for most people to cool down. It can be helped by increasing ventilation so that a cool breeze passes over your skin.

Now that you understand how heating and cooling your home and body works, you can create a home that works best for you. The heating and cooling experts at Sunshine Air Conditioning & Heating are here to help. Their knowledge of HVAC systems and air conditioning repair services make them the perfect partner in keeping your house at the temperature you want. Give them a call today at (914) 245-2050 or visit their website for more information on their heating and cooling services.