silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days agoEurope’s Heat Pumps Put America’s to Shame | If switching one home to a heat pump improves energy efficiency, why not whole cities?www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down11
arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkEurope’s Heat Pumps Put America’s to Shame | If switching one home to a heat pump improves energy efficiency, why not whole cities?www.theatlantic.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareRaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoHeat pumps are quite common in the warmer US states. They are great at cooling in summer and good enough at heating in the winter.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoYeah, I’m always a little mystified by these stories. Not sure I’ve lived anywhere without a heat pump in the last 20-years. Why are we trying to promote these things when they seem like a no-brainer in the first place?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoYep, but district heating and cooling is rare; it exists in a few major cities and a few university and corporate campuses.
Heat pumps are quite common in the warmer US states. They are great at cooling in summer and good enough at heating in the winter.
Yeah, I’m always a little mystified by these stories. Not sure I’ve lived anywhere without a heat pump in the last 20-years. Why are we trying to promote these things when they seem like a no-brainer in the first place?
Yep, but district heating and cooling is rare; it exists in a few major cities and a few university and corporate campuses.