#climatechange #Heatpump
Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds | Energy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/11/heat-pumps-twice-as-efficient-as-fossil-fuel-systems-in-cold-weather-study-finds

Just a reminder ... heat pumps are not new technology.

We've known how to build heat pumps as long as we've known how to build refrigerators (hint: they're the same thing).

We could've been switching over to heat pumps, en masse, back in the '80s.

It took Russia invading the Ukraine (twice) for people to jump on this technology.

#HeatPump

Breaking: we no longer heat with oil. #HeatPump #HVAC

Anybody out there with first hand experience of heat pump clothes dryers?
Very interested in your impressions& rating thx
#Heatpump

Will a heat pump work in my region's climate? How low can it go?
#climatecrisis #climateaction #Heatpump

While older homes can benefit from the addition of insulation, McDiarmid said it's unlikely homeowners will add enough to justify a smaller heat pump system.

"Delaying installing the heating system because you're planning to do upgrades, in most cases… won't make sense," she said. "When the furnace is getting old, that's when you should be replacing it."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/heat-pump-faq-1.6824634

🇬🇧|Habeck's #heatpump plans could be thwarted by an #EU refrigerant ban. Compared to what is used in heat pumps as refrigerant, #CO2 is a joke. Stop #climate hysteria and return to common sense immediately! #ID https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/kaeltemittel-propan-news-gas-kritik-eu-verbot-habeck-robert-heizungen-plaene-waermepumpen-92226056.html

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AndersonAfDMdEP/status/1653384594433925124

@amaditalks That's awful. If you have to replace it, consider an electric #HeatPump: efficient heating and cooling in one appliance, with no fossil fuels.

I had a dream I was at a neighborhood association meeting and they were up in arms because someone was installing a #HeatPump to heat their house and the association was trying to ban them because they’re ugly”, but really the heads of the association were employed by oil companies. Was weird as hell.

"Heat Pumps are a reliable technology ... Everyone has heat pumps in their homes already because they have a fridge...we know that people go into air conditioned offices or shops. We see heat pumps all the time and suddenly there's an uncertainty that they work in people's homes. We need to get that certainty and move forward with it."
A nice wee film re Heat Pumps from Olly Zanetti at Nesta.
https://lnkd.in/eHh6eixC
#Heatpump

For @pge4me customers, new #electrification-friendly rate plans dropped this month. You trade a small monthly fixed charge and steeper peak for lower per-kWh off-peak rates. You have to (lightly) document that you have a #HeatPump or #EV.

#energy #SFBay
https://www.pge.com/en_US/residential/rate-plans/rate-plan-options/electric-home-rate-plan.page

@tydalforce The #geothermal heat pumps are far less cost effective than current air to air (or air to water hot water heater) #heatpump technology. Installers are overcharging for #minisplits these days, but overcharging or not, drilling wells or excavating for geothermal is not cost-competitive. And your propane — the most expensive heat per BTU, and bad all around.

Insulating homes is the best way to lower bills and tackle climate change. With a properly insulated home and a heat pump we could save £712. @Jeremy_Hunt your Spring Statement must protect people and planet! https://act.gp/3lIvDBS
#heatpump #UK #budget

Wondering whether to let an air source #minisplit #heatpump run and suck in snow during a heavy storm, or if it's better to turn it off and burn oil during the heavy snow event? Any #greenenergy #heating geeks with an informed opinion? I read a study that moderate use of the defrost cycle uses like 5% or 7% extra energy (it seemed like a good study, but I didn't save it). But in heavy snow it will be freezing solid over and over.

Reclaimed energy from server farm used in district heating and cooling by #heatpump, is an effective residential and neighborhood energy supply that decreases #greenhousegas #emissions, reduces #harm to human #health, enabling us to forego #fossilfuel “peaking plants” at times of highest electrical usage.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/data-center-heat-green-energy/

My #heatpump makes a flushing noise 2-3 times a minute, for hours (hundreds of times a night). I think this is the defrost cycle, but I don't think it should be happening that often. I've asked three HVAC contractors about it: two spent hours trying to fix it and couldn't, and the one who installed it treats me like I'm crazy. Anyone else have this issue?

January Home #Energy stats from #HomeAssistant

Most of January has been fairly mild, so energy usage is down on average to 35kWh a day. With a more sun that has brought our average cost down to 15p/kWh.

When you consider that the #HeatPump produces multiple times the input energy in heat, heating our home is considerably cheaper than it would be with gas.

Very happy with 71% energy from low carbon sources, including heating. Change it possible!

Central Saanich: Eligibility expanding for heat pump financing program

Central Saanich is expanding its heat pump financing program to include anyone using fossil fuels to heat their homes. That includes oil, natural gas, and propane.

#ClimateCrisis #heatpump #CSaanich #yyjpoli

via #CapitalDaily

Today I learned that Tesla vehicles use a Heat Pump. This is great.
https://youtu.be/DyGgrkeds5U

#Tesla #HeatPump #EV

@drvolts did you know?

Starting to get some cool #analytics out of my #Heatpump
Here is the energy use (blue) at different temperatures compared to a gas boiler (red).

RT @helloheatpumps@twitter.com

What is a heat pump?

A #heatpump is a device that can provide heating, cooling and hot water for residential, commercial and industrial applications... and unlike fossil fuel boilers, it's green!

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3G9D8ti

#HeatRight

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/helloheatpumps/status/1612797240506032130