By 2030, around a quarter of UK buildings should be heated using them, according to the UK government's climate advisory body, rising to 52% by 2050. Electrifying heating will also be key to decarbonising buildings in the US, says Melissa Lott, director of research at the Centre on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. One study in San Francisco referred to heat pumps as the "single most impactful lever" to reducing emissions. — BBC
Communal heatmains can be used to overcome the challenges of digging expensive boreholes for heat pumps in private homes and urban apartment blocks where most of the UK’s population resides. The country’s push to heat half of its homes using heat pumps, which are evolving, puts it squarely in line with Germany and other states looking to leverage the technology in the interest of achieving sustainability goals.
A recently-announced New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) design contest is also attempting to tackle the affordability issue with window-frame prototypes that cost no more than $3,000 per unit and can be installed in less than two hours.
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Heat pump technology is evolving so quickly and I hope it becomes more widespread, in the US, too.
A red revolution in green clothing…
You are so dumb.
What would you know about this technology x-jla? You're not an architect, you're a landscape designer.
I know quite a bit about green technologies, and have licensing to do solar and all sorts of engineered systems
But that’s not what my comment was implying was it?
So you're just trolling then?
Installing PV's and other engineering systems (dealing with drainage and irrigation no doubt) doesn't qualify you to speak with any type of authority on green tech or in this case, heat pumps.
Nice try though.
I wasn’t commenting on the technology, I was commenting on the motives.
But, the technology isn’t much different than certain types of solar systems
*In principle
The junky USA electrical grid really needs repair, hardening, & reform before we all pile into all-electric everything lifestyle. Or maybe solar micro-grids. Get the alternatives in place before banning everything.
But they really really care about the environment! They really do. They love us so much that they can’t focus on the engineering.
So what if gas stoves are replaced by electric stoves fed mostly by coal power plants. Who cares it’s the thought that counts.
This is true. The infrastructure to support all-electric really doesn't exist. I want to add in a comment here about raising taxes on the rich, please, to fund it but I also don't want this post to get totally political. Although I see jlax is already here so...too late.
We've been encountering towns that are wanting new construction to be either all eclectic OR set up to be able to be all electric in the future. I personally like the idea of setting up for future all electric. It gives the client the most options.
x-jla where is this mostly coal electric grid? Certainly not in the U.S. where we are below 20% coal generation.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3
Facts don’t care about your ideology. Most electricity is coming from fossil fuels- 61%. It’s premature to focus on the appliance end. But your boy Joe Biden admitted just that last night…we will need fossil fuels for a long time. I’m also not convinced that the effects of climate change are going to be such a big deal to surrender to this power grab. Yes, it’s a wealth transfer and power grab and geopolitical maneuver…not a concern for the health of the planet or you.
Natural gas is a cheap and reliable energy source. To go completely electrical is going to make the grid more vulnerable, and going to make heating more expensive, so if it’s in the name of clean energy, do the hw on the generation side, because the appliance side is of
secondary concern
We've been using heat pumps on our larger projects for the last 8-9 years. They can work very well. They do have limitations based on you climate and volume of space being conditioned.
Ok, apparently people don't understand heat pumps. Currently heat pumps don't operate below 30°f. Then auxillary heat comes on which is strictly a electric coil. When all these new heat pumps go to auxillary it will burn down the grid
Yes, apparently some people don't understand heat pumps. Unfortunately those people still post misinformation.
thomasdaniel
If by 30 F you meant -20 F then you're correct. I mean -20 F is below 30 F . . . .
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