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Gas v Electric new buildings: U.S. standards agency backs gas with out-of-date data, says RMI

July 3, 2019 by Sherri Billimoria and Mike Henchen

Official reports matter. That’s why the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is taking to task the U.S.’s National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) which published a paper stating that all-electric systems are more carbon intensive and more costly than gas-fired systems in new buildings. The NIST paper assumed a high reliance on coal as the primary source for electricity generation in their Maryland case study. Those stats are out of date, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Energy, HVAC Tagged With: buildings, electricity, gas, heat pumps, HVAC, NIST, renewables, RMI, US

Heat pumps vs boilers: renewables vs efficiency?

February 5, 2019 by Energy Post Premium

Heating and Cooling (H&C) is responsible for 50% of energy use in the EU and is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. The opportunity to change your installed system won’t come up more than a couple of times before 2050 so the choice we make now has a large, lasting effect on the breakdown of the entire energy mix. H&C is the term used for the vast amounts of energy used to regulate the temperatures of the buildings we live and work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, HVAC, PREMIUM Tagged With: boilers, David MacKay, EHPA, heat pumps, heating and cooling, HVAC

Heat pumps: waiting for the final push

June 5, 2014 by Sonja van Renssen

As gas faces a reputational challenge from Ukraine, electric heat pumps are emerging as a promising alternative source of heating. Heat pumps can also make an important contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Oddly enough, although heating and cooling accounts for 45% of the EU’s final energy consumption there is no EU-wide heating and cooling strategy. Some countries such as UK and Italy are introducing support for individual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, EU Policy, Renewables Tagged With: Brussels, climate change, energy efficiency, energy storage, gas, heat pumps, heating and cooling, renewables

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