Heat Pumps
A vital instrument in keeping your house warm or cool, we know how important a heat pump can be. A heat pump can even significantly effect the efficiency of a heating or cooling system!Geothermal Heat for your Home: Green, Clean and Lean
-- Geothermal heat pump systems can reduce a building's energy consumption by 25% to 75%, as compared with conventional heating systems. Not only do they reduce energy consumption, but GHPs significantly lesson corresponding emissions. Emissions can be reduced up 44-72%, as compared with standard air-source heat pumps and air conditioning equipment. If you want to upgrade your space conditioning sources or are building a new home, these systems are green, clean and lean. In the long... more
Heat Pumps are Ready to Replace Air Conditioners
-- A Heat Pump is essentially the same as an air conditioner, but with one extra feature added. On cold days, a heat pump reverses its operations and heats the house instead of cooling it. What makes heat pumps stand out among other heaters is their heat gain. Today's heat pumps at 0 Degrees Celsius outside return 3kw of heat for every 1 kw of electricity fed into them. It sounds too good to be true... more
Heat Pumps - General Overview
-- Heat pumps are part of every day life these days. You might not always recognize a heat pump when you see one, but at this moment, heat pumps are working hard in your home, making life more enjoyable. While tooling around the house, you may turn on the air conditioner if it's too warm, or during colder seasons, you might turn the temperature up on the thermostat. Something cool and refreshing from the kitchen, or... more
Ground Source (also Called Geothermal) Heat Pumps: Heat And Cool Your Home Without Gas Or Oil
-- Ground source heat pumps (GSHPs), often called geothermal heat pumps, tap into the heat naturally generated many meters below the surface of the earth. Just a little ways down, the earth's temperature is warm and relatively stable, so these systems can bring controllable and effective heating, cooling, and hot water to residential and commercial buildings. Best of all, they allow people to do all this without having to use expensive and carbon-producing fossil fuels such... more
Getting A Heat Pump? Know The ARI Reference Number
-- So, the day has finally arrived - the contractor is installing your heat pump. What to look for? Even if you don't check anything else, you must verify the ARI reference number before the installation. This number is a very important piece of information about a heat pump. The ARI reference number guarantees that the heat pump is an Energy Star unit with the proper SEER rating and the correct amount of cooling. Every air... more