From the first blast of winter through the dog days of summer, it is a domestic power struggle more fierce than the competition for the television remote control. When one thermostat controls the temperature for an entire house, it produces predictable results that pit husband against wife and basement playroom against upstairs office in... " The Battle of the Thermostat".
	The war begins when dad turns the thermostat down because the family room is too warm. A few minutes later mom turns up the thermostat because the bedroom is too cold. Eventually, someone is opening a window or closing a vent to get the temperature just right, and no one is really comfortable. But there's a better solution than family feuds or dressing in layers.   Zoned heating and cooling systems allow you to control the temperature of each room individually. By using a series of motorized dampers and thermostats that work independently, zoning can eliminate hot or cold rooms found in almost every home, while cutting energy by up to 30 percent!
	Increase Your Indoor Comfort by 'Zoning' Your Home's Interior If you're designing, building or buying a new home, or upgrading the heating and cooling system in your existing home, there's an increasingly popular option that can help you get the most indoor comfort and efficiency. Its name: zoning.
	According to the Trane Home Comfort Institute, the easiest way to describe zoning is to compare it with lighting. Each room in your home has its own light switch. With individual switches in each room, you don't waste electricity lighting the entire house if you only need to light one or two rooms. In a similar way, zoning provides individual comfort control within specific, preplanned areas of your home. If you only need to heat or cool one or two rooms, zoning lets you do it more economically and with greater comfort.