Before buying a heat pump there are a number of check questions to be taken into consideration. Follow our guide and the journey in the land of heat pumps will become both more amusing and easier.
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Evaluation of the present system & present energy cost
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Do you have an oil fired boiler, electric heating, district heating, wood or pellet burning at the moment? How old is your present heating system? How much space does your present heating system take up? Prevailing energy cost?
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Type of heat extraction principle
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Here you find a summary of the different methods for extracting energy using heat pumps. |
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The house, plot and ground
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In order to create an optimally sized heat pump solution, it is important that the intended supplier receives answers to a number of questions. |
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Heating and hot water requirement
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What is the energy requirement of the house? How many occupants does the house have? How hot should the water produced by a heat pump be?
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Sizing & Comfort cooling
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The heat pump system must: During hot summers a heat pump can also provide cooling indoors, called passive and active cooling. |
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Perfomance by competing heat pumps
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How do you compare the perfomance promised by competing heat pumps?
Efficiency (COP = Coefficient Of Performance) is an expression used to describe the heat pump's capacity to produce heat in relation to the energy required to extract it. If a certain heat pump has a COP 3 it means that it can produce three times more heat energy than the electrical energy it consumes. A unit of 1 kilowatt electricity results in 3 kilowatts of heat energy. In this example, your net exchange is two thirds. |
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Be alert when choosing a heat pump |
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