A. The cooler you set it in heating and the warmer in cooling the less energy you will use. Each person has their own temperature comfort range and we tell customers to find their optimum comfortable temperature and leave the thermostat set there for the occupied periods of the day.

A. The HP is designed to heat the air about 20 degrees each time the air goes through the system. A gas or oil furnace is designed for a 40-70 degree temperature rise as the air passes thru the furnace. So if you maintain 70 degrees in the home, a heat pump will put out about 90 degree air depending on the outside temperature. Since the normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees this 90 degree air feels cool to us.  In comparison a gas or oil furnace normally warms the air to between 110 - 140 degrees or higher and therefore it feels warm to us.