Airzone room-by-room control for ducted air conditioning
Airzone retrofit and new-install for ducted air conditioning across the Costa del Sol. Room-by-room temperature control, Blueface thermostats, Airzone Cloud app, three-year warranty.
Room-by-room controlRetrofit or new installAirzone Cloud appThree-year warranty
A ducted air conditioning system that treats the whole villa as one zone has a built-in compromise: the lounge is at the right temperature, the master bedroom is too cold and the children's rooms feel exactly what the lounge thermostat is reading. Airzone solves that. The system uses motorised dampers in the ductwork and a thermostat in each room to deliver the cooling or heating only where it is called for, the same way a UK central-heating system zones radiators. We retrofit Airzone to existing ducted systems and we specify it on new ducted installs across the Costa del Sol from Nerja to Gibraltar. EnviroCare has been installing ducted air conditioning out of Mijas since 1996.
How Airzone works in a Spanish villa
Airzone fits a motorised damper into each duct branch and a wall-mounted thermostat in each room. The thermostats talk to a central control board near the indoor unit, which opens the dampers that need air and closes the ones that do not. The outdoor unit modulates its capacity to match the rooms that are currently calling. On a villa with five bedrooms and a lounge, you can cool the lounge in the evening, the master bedroom at night and the children's rooms at the weekend, all from one ducted indoor unit, without the cycling and short-running that single-zone systems do when only one room actually needs conditioning.
Motorised damper in each duct branch
Wall-mounted thermostat in each zoned room
Central control board near the indoor unit
App control through the Airzone Cloud Webserver
Works with Toshiba, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Panasonic and Frimec ducted units
Thermostats and the Airzone Cloud app
Two thermostat options cover almost every install. The Blueface is the wired, full-colour touchscreen that sits on a wall in the main living area and acts as the master controller. The Think is the wireless secondary thermostat that fits in each bedroom or secondary space, runs on battery and pairs to the central board over a wireless protocol. The Airzone Cloud app pairs to the system over the home wifi network and gives full remote control from a phone. Owners can pre-cool the villa on the drive back from the airport, switch the system to away mode while empty, and pull energy-consumption reports for each zone. The app is multilingual, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese.
Retrofit to an existing ducted system
Most ducted air conditioning systems installed on the Costa del Sol in the last fifteen years can be retrofitted with Airzone. The work runs as a one to two day job per system: we lift a small number of ceiling tiles or access panels in the duct void, fit a motorised damper into each branch, run thermostat cable to each room (or use Think wireless thermostats where cable runs are difficult), mount the central control board near the indoor unit and commission the system. The original ducted indoor unit, outdoor unit and refrigerant circuit are unchanged. The retrofit pays back in two to three summers on most coastal villas through the energy savings on rooms that no longer need conditioning all the time.
Specifying Airzone on a new install
When the ducted indoor unit and the ductwork are being installed from scratch, Airzone is far easier to fit than on a retrofit because the dampers can be located optimally for the new branch geometry and the thermostat cable runs in alongside the ductwork. The energy rating on the property's Certificado de Eficiencia Energetica usually improves by half a band to a full band with Airzone fitted from new, because the control system reduces the run hours on rooms that are unused. The price difference between a single-zone ducted system and an Airzone-controlled one is typically recovered within four to five years of running costs.
How the work runs
From first call to commissioned system
Step 1
Site survey
An engineer visits the property to identify the ducted indoor unit, walk the duct routes, mark up zone boundaries with the owner and confirm where thermostats will sit. Survey appointments are free across the Costa del Sol.
Step 2
Zone plan and quote
We send a written quote with the zone count, the thermostat mix (Blueface and Think), the damper count, the control board and the labour figure. Wireless Think thermostats replace wired ones where cable runs are difficult.
Step 3
Damper and cable fit
We lift access panels in the duct void, fit motorised dampers into each branch and run thermostat cable to each room (where wired thermostats are specified). The system stays usable as a single-zone unit through the build.
Step 4
Commissioning and app pairing
We commission the central control board, pair each thermostat to the right zone, balance airflow under the new control logic and pair the Airzone Cloud Webserver to the home wifi for app control. The owner walks through the app at handover.
Step 5
Three-year warranty
Every Airzone fit carries a three-year EnviroCare warranty on parts and labour, on top of the manufacturer warranty from Airzone itself.
Why EnviroCare
Local experience that matters on the job
Trading since 1996
Close to thirty years installing ducted air conditioning on the Costa del Sol. The first Airzone systems we fitted are still in service today.
Retrofit or new install
We fit Airzone to existing ducted systems regardless of who installed the original unit, and we specify it from scratch on new builds.
F-Gas registered engineers
Spanish law requires F-Gas certification for anyone touching the refrigerant circuit on the indoor or outdoor unit. Our engineers hold current certification.
Multilingual team
English, Spanish and Dutch across the office and field staff. The Airzone Cloud app is available in six languages.
Can Airzone be fitted to an existing ducted air-conditioning system?
Yes. Most ducted systems installed on the Costa del Sol in the last fifteen years can be retrofitted with Airzone in a one to two day job per system. The original ducted indoor unit, outdoor unit and refrigerant circuit are unchanged. We confirm compatibility on the site survey.
How much energy does Airzone save?
On a typical coastal villa with five or six zones, Airzone cuts ducted air-conditioning consumption by 20 to 35 percent compared with running the system as a single zone, depending on how often rooms are unused. The savings sit in cooling and heating loads, not just the indoor fan, because the outdoor unit modulates its capacity to match the open zones.
Do I need a thermostat in every room?
Not always. Practical zoning normally groups two or three small rooms with similar use patterns onto one thermostat (for example, two children's bedrooms used at the same times), and gives the lounge and master bedroom their own thermostats. We work out the zoning plan with the owner on the survey based on how the family or the rental guests actually use the property.
Can I control the system from my phone?
Yes. The Airzone Cloud Webserver pairs to the home wifi network and connects to the Airzone Cloud app on iOS and Android. Owners can change zone temperatures, pre-cool the villa from outside the property, switch to away mode and pull energy reports. The app is available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese.
Does Airzone work with my brand of air conditioning?
Yes for almost every major brand on the Costa del Sol, including Toshiba, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Panasonic and Frimec. The system uses brand-specific gateway boards that translate between the Airzone control logic and the indoor unit's communications protocol. We confirm the right gateway for your unit on the survey.
How long does an Airzone retrofit take?
One to two working days for a typical four to six zone villa. Larger villas with longer cable runs or more zones take two to three days. The property stays usable through the fit because the ducted system can run as a single zone until the new control logic is commissioned.
Need help with airzone controls?
Tell us what you need and where the property is, and EnviroCare will advise on the right next step.
