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Am I missing something or does this not help with air conditioning? Heating in europe is pretty high quality overall; the problem is with cooling.
by scrollaway 7y ago
Am I missing something or does this not help with air conditioning? Heating in europe is pretty high quality overall; the problem is with cooling.
- throw0101a 7y agoHeat pumps transfer heat. In the summer they take heat from inside a building, and dump it outside. In the winter, they extract heat from the outside air and send it inside. The same unit does both heating and cooling. You also do not need to renovate a home as much to install them. Traditionally air ducts are often used for a lot of HVAC, and they can sometimes be a hassle to retrofit into older buildings. Heat pumps using ~1-2cm pipes between the external compressor and internal 'heads' to move the heat, so it's a lot easier to run that pipe (like plumbing) than a much larger air duct.