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Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold (www.nationalobserver.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Oxford study proves heat pumps triumph over fossil fuels in the cold::Published Monday in the scientific journal Joule, the research found that heat pumps are two to three times more efficient than their oil and gas counterparts, specifically in temperatures ranging from 10 C to -20 C.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish it was standard to be able to do both. My heat pump is unreal efficient and cheap and great but I'd love a cool breeze every now and then.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It definitely can. If yours can't then it's likely just the thermostat wired wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's underfloor heating, the units that do both are more expensive so there must be something different.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yeah that's a different story then. However I've never heard of in-floor cooling before. I wonder how effective it would be since heat rises? I think you'd just have a cool floor and hot muggy air. Also the floor would condense water constantly so your floor would be slippery and if you have carpet it would be wet / damp constantly.