I love going outside first thing in the morning.
This is something that I do no matter the season.
And sometimes, this is the only sustained fresh air I get. When you live in this region, it’s wise to get outside early before it gets hot. Or at least that’s the case for six months or more. So I think that’s what started me and my morning outside time. But during the winter, being outside is even so much more special because I can hear the birds and the wind in the trees. That’s because the heat pumps in the neighborhood aren’t all running at once. There’s a lady down the street who’s heat pump runs first thing in the morning. But she likes a particularly warm house and so the heat pump kicks on to knock the chill out during winter. Just sitting outside this time of year without the heat pumps running is pretty special. But I have to take my hat off to the heat pump. This is some sort of genius combination of physics and great engineering. Essentially, residential HVAC hasn’t changed much in 70 years. There have been evolutions in HVAC technology but the essential way it works is still pretty much the same. And one thing people don’t realize, especially around here, is air conditioning is doing more then cooling the house. When the heat pump is on to cool the house, a byproduct of that process is balancing the humidity. So with all the heat and humidity that we have during our blazing summer, at least we don’t have to worry about mitigating mold and mildew.