How Do Heat Pumps Work & Save Me Money?
How Do Heat Pumps Work & Save Me Money?
Are you looking for a way to improve energy efficiency in your home, lower your monthly energy bills, and reduce your carbon footprint? Good for you!
When you live in Auckland, a great place to start is with your heating and cooling system. HVAC typically accounts for a large portion of our energy consumption, due to our extreme temperatures in both winter and summer.
Installing a high-efficiency heat pump system will reduce your energy usage and cut down your HVAC costs all year long.
How Do Heat Pumps Work During The Winter?
A heat pump’s function is to move heat (thermal transfer), rather than create heat. In winter, your heat pump will move heat from the ground or outside air into your home heating system. By contrast, conventional furnaces and boilers produce heat — by burning eco-UNfriendly fossil fuels like natural gas.
The internal mechanics of a heat pump are similar to that of an air conditioner, which moves heat from inside to outside in the summer. Today’s heat pumps use an eco-friendly refrigerant, outdoor compressor, and indoor coil to lower your energy costs and provide heating/cooling for your home.
In the past, this heating method had one drawback — poor performance at temperatures below 5 degrees C. But it’s not like it will happen in Auckland in a foreseeable future, so let’s not worry about it.
How Do Heat Pumps Work During The Summer?
In summer, a heat pump works as your cooling system, using the same process of heat transfer to moderate your home’s temperature. However, this time, the heat pump acts to cool your home by moving warm air outdoors, just like an air conditioner.
The system simply makes some minor adjustments at the start of the cooling season in order to switch the direction of heat transfer. And just like a regular air conditioner unit, your heat pump will dehumidify to keep you extra comfortable.
Are Heat Pumps Energy-Efficient?
Heat pumps are extremely energy efficient.
In fact, there is a chance you can reduce your heating and cooling costs by as much as 75 per cent when you install a heat pump. So the answer to “do heat pumps save money” is a resounding YES!
How can we compare HVAC energy savings? The coefficient of performance (COP) measures the heating or cooling output in proportion to the energy input required to run the system.
Typically, heat pump equipment has a COP of 2.0 to 5.4 at 8 degrees C. No other heating or cooling unit has a COP greater than 1, meaning they use more energy.
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Trilect Energy is a division of Trilect Services, New Zealand’s master electrician since 1997.
We are a 100% Kiwi owned & operated electrical service group which is a member of the Master Electricians & Mastercraft network with 40 employees and a 25+ years history of customer satisfaction.
We do not use sub-contractors. All of the installations will be carried out by our experienced team.
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