Heat Pump glossary and government resources

Heat Pump : An electric device with both heating and cooling capabilities. It extracts heat from one medium at a lower (the heat source) temperature and transfers it to another at a higher temperature (the heat sink), thereby cooling the first and warming the second. (See: geothermal, water source heat pump.) [Environmental Protection Agency]

8th IEA Heat Pump Conference
This conference is the eighth in a series of triennial conferences under the auspices of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Heat Pump Program.

ORNL-Developed Heat Pump Water Heater
...the residential heat pump water heater (HPWH) can attain much higher ... The heat pump water heater. Building from a strong understanding of these

Federal Technology Alert - Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters
Information from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on residential systems. Includes technology background with figures, facts and statistics.

Assessment of Hybrid Geothermal Heat Pump Systems - Technology ...
...(during heating) for a heat pump with consequent improved energy efficiency. ... Heat pump systems that make use of the ground in this way are called

Energy Savers: Air-Source Heat Pumps
An air-source heat pump pulls its heat indoors from the outdoor air in the ... This is possible because a heat pump moves heat rather than converting it

Geothermal Technologies Program: Geothermal Heat Pumps
The geothermal heat pump, also known as the ground source heat pump, ... The geothermal heat pump takes advantage of this by transferring heat stored in

Geothermal Heat Pumps : ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR qualified geothermal heat pumps use about 40-60 percent less energy than a standard heat pump. They are quieter than conventional systems.

Electric Air-source Heat Pumps : ENERGY STAR
Air Source Heat Pump Savings Calculator Excel icon (174 KB, Excel). For Partners. Key Product Criteria. Full Eligibility Criteria PDF (97KB)

Heat-Pump Storage Water Heaters
Heat pump water heaters move heat from the surrounding air into the water. The heat pump is backed up by electric heating elements in the water tank for

Alabama School Opts for
...weighed its options and selected a geothermal heat pump system. ... in the geothermal heat pump system because of its simplicity and low maintenance.

Heat Pump Efficiency
A heat pump, however, even though it is powered by elecgtricity, ... unless the heat pump is completely broken, the ratio is always greater than 100%.

Geothermal Heat Pump Manual -- Office of Sustainable Design
Geothermal Heat Pump Manual. ... Appendix B: Specification; Appendix C: Evaluation of Heat Pump System Models; Appendix D: Descriptions of Existing Projects

Geothermal Energy Heats, Cools Mountain College
...high Sierras has showcased a large-scale geothermal heat pump project -- one ... The old equipment was replaced by a geothermal heat pump system (GHP),

Renewable Resources Ground-Source Heat Pumps
...has three major subsystems or parts: a geothermal heat pump to move heat ... earth connection by the geothermal heat pump and distributed to the home or

TVA: Geothermal Heat Pumps
What advantages do geothermal heat pump systems offer? What does it cost to install a geothermal heat pump system? What if there is an underground leak

Public Housing Energy Conservation Clearinghouse: Savings ...
Addresses geothermal heat pump installations and applications, ... Addresses the economics and applications of geothermal heat pump technologies.


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