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Home Heating Electrification — Policy Outlook

Overall, we are on best feasible path towards building electrification, although there are some uncertainties and some adjustments that we may need to make.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerJanuary 31, 2023January 31, 2023Posted inBuilding EnergyLeave a comment on Home Heating Electrification — Policy Outlook

Networked ground source heat pumps

Networked ground source heat pumps offer an intriguing vision that speaks to several of the challenges in electrification.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerJanuary 30, 2023January 30, 2023Posted inBuilding EnergyLeave a comment on Networked ground source heat pumps

Partial Conversions

In my previous posts about the economics of electrification, I’ve focused on whole home heat pump conversions and I’ve not adequately appreciated the economics of partial conversions.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerJanuary 22, 2023January 22, 2023Posted inBuilding EnergyLeave a comment on Partial Conversions

The Municipal Rate Advantage

In the many municipalities with their own light department or a municipal aggregation program, the probability of operating savings is high, although cumulative operating savings may remain modest as compared to the capital costs of a heat pump conversion.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerJanuary 16, 2023January 16, 2023Posted inBuilding Energy5 Comments on The Municipal Rate Advantage

Heat Pump Economics

Even for a conversion from an oil burner, consumers should not count on operating savings from a heat pump conversion.

Posted byWill BrownsbergerJanuary 15, 2023January 16, 2023Posted inBuilding Energy32 Comments on Heat Pump Economics

Heat pump performance

It seems very clear that we should generally expect actual heat pump performance materially below rated performance .

Posted byWill BrownsbergerJanuary 10, 2023January 15, 2023Posted inBuilding Energy10 Comments on Heat pump performance

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