Heat Pumps

5+ hour, 46+ min ago   (608+ words) This decision is becoming more common as more households add solar panels, batteries, and high-efficiency electric appliances. Rising heating costs prompted one Massachusetts homeowner with both an oil boiler and a mini-split heat pump to ask which system should carry…...

21+ hour, 15+ min ago   (315+ words) Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) is developing software designed to help heat pump installers streamline deployment while reducing their workload. The Heat Pump PlanAR app prototype, described as “manufacturer-neutral,” reportedly allows heating, ventilation, air conditioning and…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (521+ words) Over 311 days, a self-installed 65-gallon Rheem heat-pump water heater consumed just 650 kilowatt-hours, according to one homeowner who installed an ESPHome tracking system on the unit. That's an eye-catching real-world data point for how little electricity these systems can use compared…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (520+ words) One person recalled having to cut a door jamb to get a new heater in. A homeowner who considers themselves handy wants to replace their water heater themselves, but they have only done small repairs around the house. Replacing a…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (285+ words) Ajuntament de Barcelona Boost to the Districlima sustainable heating and cooling network with the new Bogatell plant The new Districlima Bogatell plant will mean a 33% boost to the capacity of southern Europe’s largest urban heating and cooling network. Through an…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (606+ words) "New tech doesn't compare to the reliability and ease of repair for old school boilers." A Toronto homeowner trying to replace a buzzing boiler ran into a familiar renovation problem: Every contractor seemed to push one solution, while online advice…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (563+ words) A Canadian homebuyer considering a 2,300-square-foot house in eastern Ontario raised a question that is becoming increasingly common in colder regions: Can a heat pump really replace a furnace, or will auxiliary heat send utility bills soaring? The question came…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (307+ words) “The scope of the study extends beyond considering the interdependencies between retrofit measures over time resulting from different bundling and sequencing strategies,” corresponding author Tim Schaffitzel told pv magazine. “The framework also considers how the operating pattern of the hybrid…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (699+ words) A Massachusetts homeowner needing to replace their 50-year-old oil boiler faces a familiar dilemma for anyone living in an older house: Is it better to replace a failing system for less money now, or spend more upfront on heat pumps…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (421+ words) Home » Heat pumps “shouldn’t be a catalyst for fuel poverty” – Opinion Martyn Bridges, Director of External Affairs at Worcester Bosch, examines new government recommendations on preventing new heat pump owners from falling into fuel poverty: Heat pumps are seen as…...