Electric heat pumps are being touted as a key climate solution — and sales are booming. We break down how they work and their benefits.
cooling. You can think of a heat pump as an air conditioner that can also work backwards.Because heat pumps move heat around instead of burning fossil fuels for heat, they are more efficient than gas furnaces. And while heat pumps are typically more expensive on the front end, the savings come over time when you end up spending less on gas, says Brian Rees, a heat pump installer at Bryant Air Conditioning & Heating Company in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Kircher says you can also save money if you can buy a heat pump for both your heating and cooling needs."It's typically cheaper than buying a gas furnace plus an air conditioner," he says.Like refrigerators or air conditioners, heat pumps use refrigerants. The primary refrigerants commonly used in heat pumps are called hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, says, associate professor of Energy and Resources at UC Berkeley.
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