Plumbing and water heaters
Heat pump water heater with exterior compressor
The SANC02 is the first heat pump water heater available in Canada to use outside air for heating water. Great technology, if a little pricey. There are many manufacturers of…
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Heat pumps are an extremely efficient way to heat and cool, but for all the systems you are looking at you will certainly need separate units. Here are some of our pages on heat pumps that can help steer you in the right direction –
Heating LEED and Passive House homes with a mini split heat pump
All about heat pump water heaters
Using heat pumps in tandem for added efficiency
Air source or ground source heat pumps, which are best?
Heat pump water heater with exterior compressor
We don’t have anything on heat pump clothes dryers, but what we do know is that they certainly do take their time to accomplish their task. And we really couldn’t speak to the value, it’s a great concept but they certainly are expensive. We did install a condensing dryer in our recent LEED Platinum prefab kit house; we weren’t thrilled with the performance, it’s a bit quicker than the heat pump dryer but it will still take hours. Another great concept, but given the sticker price compared to the value they add, we are not certain we’d do that again.
do you have any reaction to the Arctic hydronic heat pumps that combine Hvac and hot water?