We will likely have AC installed at home before the next summer.
I don’t like it, particularly because of the impact on climate and energy consumption, but with the prolonged heat nowadays, it’s become nigh impossible to keep our home comfortable throughout most of the summer. :(
If you are getting a heat pump then your impact on the climate will probably be better than your current radiator configuration. Especially as more renewables are brought online.
Highest demand peaks correlate with highest solar panel output, which would be hard to use or store otherwise. Especially nice when private, local panels are available.
Some also work as a heat pump in reverse for highly efficient heating in winter.
You can maybe also use the produced heat for water heating so you get hot water for showers. Dont know if you can get heat pump units that does that all on one tho?
We will likely have AC installed at home before the next summer.
I don’t like it, particularly because of the impact on climate and energy consumption, but with the prolonged heat nowadays, it’s become nigh impossible to keep our home comfortable throughout most of the summer. :(
If you are getting a heat pump then your impact on the climate will probably be better than your current radiator configuration. Especially as more renewables are brought online.
I think the environmental impact can be limited:
You can maybe also use the produced heat for water heating so you get hot water for showers. Dont know if you can get heat pump units that does that all on one tho?
We would have solar panels installed beforehand, so that’s fair, does a little for lessening my guilt.
Buildings need to integrate centralized cooling and district cooling much more.