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THE BENEFITS OF HEAT PUMP

• Dual Heating and Cooling: Heat pumps are designed to work efficiently in cold climates like Ontario — while also doubling as a cooling system in the summer.

• Efficiency: The cost of heating and cooling your home with a heat pump is typically less than oil, propane, or electric resistance.

• Zoned Temperature Control: With heat pumps, you can individually control the heating and cooling preferences of different rooms in your home.

• Cleaner and Safer: There is no combustion of fossil fuels, fuel storage, or carbon monoxide emissions associated with heat pumps. Heat pumps also have the lowest carbon emissions of any heating source.

• Easier: Heat pumps require minimal maintenance and eliminate the hassle of scheduling fuel deliveries and worrying about fluctuating fuel costs. Additionally, you won’t have to struggle with installing room/window A/Cs every spring and then removing them every fall.

 

Heat and cool your home the better way

The warmer, cooler, easier way to heat and cool your home. Today’s heat pumps are a better, more convenient way to keep your home comfortable all year long, without burning fossil fuels like oil, propane, or natural gas.

 

Minimal Maintenance

Heat pumps do not require a lot of maintenance. They require a system check once a year, but this can be done by the homeowner instead of paying a professional to perform a check. The low amount of maintenance required by a heat pump is a benefit to homeowners that are looking for ways to save money on expensive household repair projects.

This helps save money in the long run.

 

Reduces Harmful Emissions

One of a heat pump’s major benefits is that it is eco-friendly. Because no fossil fuels are used for the heat pump’s operation, there are no noxious fumes being released into the air. The reduction of carbon emissions helps the environment. This also helps home users save about $459 annually.

 

Health Advantages

Heat pumps are fairly quiet, operating at a lower sound than most dishwashers. They also help improve air quality by filtering the air and dehumidifying your environment. Good air indoor air quality is important because it can help prevent sickness and health complications.

 

Efficiency At -7 °C Degrees

Here are the metrics that we can use to determine if it makes sense to stop a heat pump at -7 °C degrees:

• At -7 °C, an average heat pump has a COP value of about 2.4. That means it has 240% efficiency.

• At -7 °C, a good low-temperature heat pump has a COP value of about 2.5. That means it has 250% efficiency.

• At -7 °C, an electric furnace and electric space heater have a COP value of 1. That means they have 100% efficiency.

• At -7 °C, a 90 AFUE gas furnace will be able to convert 90% of the energy stored in natural gas into heating output.

As we can see, heat pumps have an above 100% higher efficiency than electric furnaces at -7 °C. That is because heat pumps don’t ‘burn’ electricity to create heating output as electric furnaces do. They use electricity to pump available heat from the outdoors inside.