-
Call Us Today:
1-289-778-3090
A heat pump uses electricity to provide both heating and cooling to a building. These appliances are efficient at transferring heat from one place to another, depending on where it’s needed. In the winter, a heat pump provides heating by extracting heat from outside a building and moving it inside. In the summer, it can provide cooling by moving heat from indoors to the outside. Find out about the different types of heat pumps, how they work and why they could help to tackle climate change.
A heat pump uses the same technology as an air conditioner, which cools your home using a refrigerant. The only major difference between an air-conditioner and a heat pump is that a heat pump has a reversing valve, which allows it to also heat your home. In heating mode, a heat pump works like an air conditioner in reverse; instead of keeping your home cool, it uses the refrigerant to warm your home.
Even when it’s very cold outside, some heat energy still exists. Heat pumps are effective at taking this heat energy from the ground or air around a building and using it to provide heat for your home or business. For heat pumps to work at their best, it’s also important that the building has good energy efficiency installed, such as effective insulation.
There are different types of heat pumps: air-source and ground-source. Heat pumps can also be paired with fossil fuel gas furnaces; these systems are often referred to as hybrid heat pumps.
A ground-source heat pump system harnesses natural heat from underground by pumping liquid through it in pipes. The heat pump then increases the temperature and the heat is used to provide heating or hot water. It performs the same role as a furnace or boiler in a central heating system but uses ambient heat from the ground rather than burning fuel to generate heat. Ground-source heat pump systems are made up of a ground loop (a network of water pipes buried underground; the larger your home and heating needs, the larger the loop) and a heat pump at ground level. A mixture of water and anti-freeze is pumped around the ground loop and absorbs the naturally occurring heat stored in the ground. The water mixture is compressed and goes through a heat exchanger, which extracts the heat and transfers it to the heat pump. The heat is then transferred to your home heating system.
This heat can then be used in radiators, for hot water or in an underfloor heating system.
Around 40% of global emissions come from buildings and most of these result from the ways we heat our homes and businesses. To reach net zero carbon emissions and tackle climate change, we need to switch from heating that relies on high-carbon fuels to cleaner, low- or zero-carbon alternatives. Heat pumps will help to achieve this for two main reasons:
Our sales team is here to provide you only what is needed. We will explain every element of your system you YOU can decide what is needed or not.
We will provide you a complete written assessment of your system and explain everything in detail. There are no hidden or surprise costs.
Our service technicians, are fully trained and insured on all of the systems we sell, install and service.
We have been providing the Hamilton community heating and cooling sales and service for over 25 years!