It’s a funny thing about news. The Energy Saving Trust publishes an entirely factual, non-biased report showing the results of their study of 83 air-source and ground-source heat pumps. Thereafter follows a series of articles in all kinds of papers ranging from: 1) See, Heat Pump renewable technology is a load of old tosh, we told you so, to 2) See, Heat Pump renewable technology works very effectively and we must pursue it with vigour.
The truth is of course plain to see in the original publication, but wouldn’t it be boring to summarise it as follows:
Heat Pump Renewable Technology is very effective and a worthwhile investment but it must be installed correctly for purpose to get the best results. The biggest efficiency improvement is found when replacing oil or LPG
Not going to sell many papers am I?
October 4, 2010 at 7:28 pm |
Rather than offer a single solution, how about a Hybrid combination of PV
and Ground Source Heat Pump? Properly proportioned to take advantage of the specific climate, location and utility rate structure this mix, possibly including storage, would result in the smallest cost effective energy footprint. Retrofit expense probably limits such a solution to commercial and municipal buildings at first.
March 6, 2011 at 3:36 am |
With the growing concern with our environment, it is only right for us to seek for different or renewable sources of energy to decrease our huge dependency to fossil fuels. We should take advantage of the fact that these renewable sources are unlimited such as the sun, wind and water.
May 12, 2011 at 3:22 am |
The summary says it all. Nowadays prices of LPG rise and many people are really affected about this, but we can use renewable energy and try using solar panel systems that will make things easy.
Great post!