Re:Heat Pump Water Heaters
by xxs on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @05:15AM
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Geothermal heating is pretty standard nowadays in North Europe. Heating the house + hot water is totally doable w/o using an auxiliary resistive heater even when the temperature outside is -20C. Geothermal heat pumps would feature the extra heater (like 9kW) just in case but mine has been turned on only when it overheats the water (60C+ once per week) to reduce fauna build up.
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Heat recovery ventilators using heat exchangers have proven to be very successful too. Something like over 90% efficient. Couple that with triple glazing and you almost need no heating.
What I do wonder why there aren’t more in-window air conditioners coupled with heat recovery ventilators?