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Re:Europe’s Cities Weren’t Built for This Kind of Heat by wjnc on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:31PM (#20528054)
In the Netherlands we are moving from gas powered heating to heat pumps that, with adequate design of the rest of the house (so only for new buildings) can keep a house cool for the fraction of the electricity of AC. It's honestly one of the reasons we are considering buying a new home (which are massively overpriced). I think the climate will only become more extreme.
Re:Europe’s Cities Weren’t Built for This Kind of Heat by fulafel on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:48PM (#20528835)
Traditional AC is heat pumps, they're the same thing and no efficiency difference.