Controlled Comfort.
Zone-By-Zone Where You Need It.
Zoning is a relatively new concept but it’s quite simple
to explain. Instead of trying to heat or cool an entire house
with one thermostat, living spaces are essentially divided into
separate comfort zones. Either room-by-room, or by a group of
rooms, each zone is monitored by its own thermostat to dictate
the ideal temperature.
With NuTone’s Zoning System,
you can customize comfort settings to handle up to 8 zones. Air
flow can then be selectively channeled where it’s needed
depending on changing climate conditions or activities during
the course of a day. In other words, receive
more cooled air in the summer upstairs when it’s hotter,
while unused bedrooms or living spaces downstairs require less. Then in winter, these areas can be similarly zoned to compensate
for uncomfortable temperature variations.
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Floor Plan Challenges.
No Problem.
Aside from the obvious benefits of controlling temperature swings
between upstairs and downstairs, zoning can also remedy a host
of other problematic scenarios. Vaulted ceilings, great rooms
with connected kitchen and dining spaces, expanses of glass windows
exposed to the sun from the south and/or winds from the north,
sprawling ranches with hard-to-reach rooms and extended duct runs
from centralized heating and cooling sources—all are challenges
that no single thermostat can adequately meet.
Likewise, as needs change, floor plans are just as likely to
be modified. New room additions, atriums, solariums, newly finished
basements, attics and rooms over garages, bedrooms converted to
studies or rooms for other purposes, the addition of fireplaces,
skylights—each can change the dynamics of a home and its
heating and cooling requirements.
Meeting these requirements more affordably and effectively is
what makes NuTone’s Zoning System unique. Unlike conventional
zoning systems that utilize integrated sensors, reconfigured ductwork,
wiring and motorized mechanical dampers, the simplicity of NuTone’s
unique air-actuated damper design requires far fewer moving parts
for longer, trouble-free service life. And, more importantly,
simplicity means ease of installation. Particularly, in existing
homes eliminating the need for extensive retrofit modifications.
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Up To 30% More Efficient.
The system consists of a series of pneumatically-operated dampers
independently opened and closed within existing duct work by a
programmable control panel. Because each zone’s dampers are controlled by a dedicated
thermostat, the ideal system should employ digital types which
are programmable.
Settings can then be adjusted to coincide with activity levels
at any time of day throughout the house. In fact, significant
savings can be realized by only conditioning selected areas according
to need. Once occupants retire to bed, when they are away to work
or school, or on vacation, requirements for heating or cooling
are minimized altogether.
In addition to reducing energy costs by as much as 30 percent,
a properly zoned system can also allow the energy-savvy consumer
to use smaller capacity equipment in new installations for even
greater savings without compromising comfort.
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