Did you know??
…that Alaska Heat Smart has a growing library of heat pump resources available 24 / 7 for you to lose yourself in? We’ll be adding more good reads to our library as time goes on!
Today we’ve added a wonderful visual piece by Guardian Magazine entitled, ‘A Fridge but in Reverse? The Fascinating Science of Heat Pumps – Visualized’. This fun and engaging read may offer the best description I’ve come across of how a heat pump works. While you can enjoy the warm dry home and fat wallet that your heat pump provides without understanding how the device works, having a sense of what is happening ‘behind the scenes’ may help you appreciate your humble heat pump even more.
One of my takeaways from reading this story is the realization that heat pump science is a rapidly evolving. Unlike burning oil for heat, a science relatively unchanged over many decades, moving heat with a heat pump is ‘a science’ poised for tremendous change. The performance of today’s heat pumps compared to those of not too many years prior is almost laughable. Efficiency is through the roof and cold climate functionality is making today’s heat pumps a success story in areas previously thought impossible. Just yesterday I learned of a Canadian company soon to offer an air to water heat pump system that may be able to push water up to 180F, making it a perfect solution for oil boiler replacement while using existing hydronic baseboards!
Yep…this is exciting stuff (you agree, right??) and the type of read you’ll be able to find in the Alaska Heat Smart ‘library’!