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When you need to heat your home - a forced air gas furnace, even a high efficiency one, is no longer the only heating option. Lately, heat pumps greatly increased their efficiency. Today a heat pump successfully competes with a gas furnace for the place in your home. A good example is Zuba-Central heat pump.
The possible situations are endless. The table will help you to find the best possible heating solution for your needs.
A ductless heat pump is the most diverse home HVAC machine. It heats and cools locally, but if you have the ductwork in your home, turn the fan ON and warm air will be carried around the house. Good for energy saving when you can keep only one room at a time cozy. For the rest of the house the setting of
The possible situations are endless. The table will help you to find the best possible heating solution for your needs.
A ductless heat pump is the most diverse home HVAC machine. It heats and cools locally, but if you have the ductwork in your home, turn the fan ON and warm air will be carried around the house. Good for energy saving when you can keep only one room at a time cozy. For the rest of the house the setting of
the thermostat can be significantly lower.
A central heat pump supplies heating and cooling for the entire house. If you are replacing the air conditioner anyway, it might be worth to look at the heat pump instead. For some extra money, you will be able to use the heat pump all year around instead of a few short weeks of summer for cooling only.
Most of the heat pumps don't work when it's below -10°C outside. It's already not too bad since we don't have to many days when you will have to use the back up heat. But look at Zuba-Central heat pump from Mitsubishi. It works for up to -30°C outside. It is even more efficient than a high efficiency gas furnace, never mind a baseboard heater, oil or propane furnace.
A central heat pump supplies heating and cooling for the entire house. If you are replacing the air conditioner anyway, it might be worth to look at the heat pump instead. For some extra money, you will be able to use the heat pump all year around instead of a few short weeks of summer for cooling only.
Most of the heat pumps don't work when it's below -10°C outside. It's already not too bad since we don't have to many days when you will have to use the back up heat. But look at Zuba-Central heat pump from Mitsubishi. It works for up to -30°C outside. It is even more efficient than a high efficiency gas furnace, never mind a baseboard heater, oil or propane furnace.
Home Heating - Furnace or Heat Pump?
Spot Heating
Whole House Heating
Spot Cooling
Whole House Cooling
Central Air Conditioner
N
N
N
Y
Ductless Air
N
N
Y
♦
Forced Air Furnace
N
Y
N
N
Wall Furnace / Fireplace
Y
♦
N
N
Central Air Pump
N
Y
N
Y
Ductless Heat Pump
Y
♦
Y
♦
♦ Normally this systems provide zone (spot) heating / cooling. If a house has the ductwork, by keeping the fan constantly running heat and cool can be distributed through the entire house.
House Heating Options
