Heating with a heat pump is significantly less energy-consuming than using an electric furnace
A heat
pump absorbs heat from the cold outside air and transfers it into our home. To
that end, an inside-the-device compressor uses electricity to raise the
temperature of the heat extracted from the outside air. By transferring warm
indoor air to the outside, the heat pump can also provide cooling.
A heat
pump is a flexible and efficient cooling and heating system. Heat
energy is transferred from the air to the refrigerant by blowing air over an
evaporator coil. That heat energy is carried by the refrigerant to a condenser
coil and released as a fan blows air across the coil. Heat pumps do not emit
CO2, but they do require electricity to operate. In comparison to your boiler, which
may operate at around 90% efficiency, a cooling system may operate at over 300%
efficiency, producing 3kW of heat from 1kW of electricity.
Heat
pumps do, in fact, save you money on your energy bills. This means lower
electricity bills for a more comfortable home – heat pumps are very cheap to
operate, increasing your electric bill by an average of $75 monthly per cooling
system that is constantly running in the home.
Heat
pumps are a proven commodity that not only provide Mainers with an efficient
way to deliver warmth to specific areas of their homes but they are also
increasingly being installed as their primary source of heating. A heat pump
consumes significantly less energy than an electric or gas furnace. Because
heat pumps and air conditioners work on the same principle during the summer,
the costs to cool your home with either will be roughly the same.
Heat
pumps, in general, are far more efficient than air conditioners, furnaces, and
other types of heating systems. An air source cooling system's efficiency
ranges with both 175 and 300 percent, while a solar thermal pump's
effectiveness ranges between 300 and 600 percent.
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