Fact check: Heat pumps move heat energy from outside to inside a home
6 months ago

Fact check: Heat pumps move heat energy from outside to inside a home

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Evaluation Heat pumps are highly efficient and can release three times as much heat energy into a home as they consume energy in the form of electricity, but this is not the same as generating three times more energy than they consume. Rather than converting electrical energy to heat energy which is released into the home, they instead use electricity to move heat energy from outside into the home. Links Post on X The Heating Hub – Boiler efficiency calculator Energy Saving Trust – Boiler types explained Trust – Why is Electric Heating 100% Efficient? Energy Saving Trust – Lighting National Grid – How do heat pumps work?

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What are heat pumps and can they save you money in the long-run?
5 months, 1 week ago

What are heat pumps and can they save you money in the long-run?

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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Energy Saving Trust says there are two main types of heat pump: ground source and air source, plus …

What are heat pumps and could they help your home save energy?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

What are heat pumps and could they help your home save energy?

The Independent  

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Stumped by Heat Pumps?
55 years, 3 months ago

Stumped by Heat Pumps?

Wired  

Everyone's talking about heat pumps these days as a better way to warm your home. Now, you might reasonably think a “heat pump” pumps heat around, like a water pump moves water. But heat isn't really a thing; it's an energy transfer from one object to another due to a temperature difference. To be honest, even physicists misuse the term …

Here's how geothermal energy heats and cools a home
1 year, 8 months ago

Here's how geothermal energy heats and cools a home

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Some homeowners looking to switch …

Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house
1 year, 8 months ago

Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house

Associated Press  

Summers are famously humid in New York State, but life in the Maioli household has gotten more comfortable since the couple installed a new heating and cooling system — one that isn’t well known yet in the U.S. “My wife is pretty happy because in the summer we can keep it to as cold as we like,” typically 69 or …

The enormous heat pumps warming cities
2 years, 2 months ago

The enormous heat pumps warming cities

BBC  

The enormous heat pumps warming cities AerialPerspective/Getty Images The search is on to find effective ways to decarbonise heat which can be rolled out at scale. Evie Townend Ceri Simmons' heat pump, seen here outside her house, now supplies all her heat and hot water from a network of pipes under the street The Heat the Streets project in Stithians …

What heat pumps mean for your home – and your wallet
2 years, 7 months ago

What heat pumps mean for your home – and your wallet

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. British electricity is increasingly powered by low carbon sources such as wind, making heat …

Why You (and the Planet) Really Need a Heat Pump
3 years ago

Why You (and the Planet) Really Need a Heat Pump

Wired  

Our descendants will look back on this time in human history with a mixture of confusion and disgust. “Heat pumps are a few years behind electric vehicles but really deserve similar attention and could deliver very sizable reductions in emissions if we deployed them much more rapidly,” says Jan Rosenow, director of European programs at the Regulatory Assistance Project, an …

Boilers will be replaced by heat pumps but it’s a marathon, not a sprint
3 years, 5 months ago

Boilers will be replaced by heat pumps but it’s a marathon, not a sprint

The Independent  

If Bill Gates and Boris Johnson agree on something it must be a good idea – or perhaps not, depending on your assessment of those two gentlemen. Climate change campaigners feel this programme does not go far enough, as the costs of installation range from £6,000 to £8,000 for air source pumps to £10,000 to £18,000 for ground source ones. …

Energy-efficient ways of heating your home this winter
5 years, 9 months ago

Energy-efficient ways of heating your home this winter

ABC  

Keeping houses warm without breaking the bank can be challenging, especially during cold snaps like the one currently affecting much of southern Australia. "We recommend customers turn their heat pump off at night — over a quarterly bill, you're saving 720 hours of electricity usage." "Unfortunately, you can't save money by keeping the heat pump going," he said. "It's important …

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