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A lot of housing in Sweden is heated using left over heat from the industry (“spillvärme”). The industries actually rely on this for cooling. From what I hear,
by brtkdotse 4y ago
A lot of housing in Sweden is heated using left over heat from the industry (“spillvärme”). The industries actually rely on this for cooling.
From what I hear, it’s usually pretty expensive compared to ground/air-to-water heat pumps (1 SEK vs 0.4 SEK per kWh of heat)
- danuker 4y ago> The industries actually rely on this for cooling. And what if the housing gets too hot? Does industry stop because of overheating during hot months? > it’s usually pretty expensive So why do people heat that way? Is it legislated into existence? Why? To reduce global warming?
- raverbashing 4y agoI'm guessing the heat pump cost is only the cost of electricity (which can vary as well) and not the cost of the pump
- brtkdotse 4y agoCorrect. Cost of heat pump installation is €10k-25k, cost of distributed heating is <€5k
- c_o_n_v_e_x 4y ago>And what if the housing gets too hot? Does industry stop because of overheating during hot months? You keep working and dump the excess heat to the air.
- Symbiote 4y ago> So why do people heat that way? I'm not sure of the historical costs, but benefits are reducing dependencies on particular energy sources, reducing global warming, and heat pumps not being invented yet (long ago). There is legislation along the lines of houses built here must be connected, just like they must also be connected to the sewage system.