Permanently installing a heat pump system in a building is expensive. But new window units can deliver many of the benefits with far less cost and go with renters when they move.
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Two professors of energy studies – one British, the other Swedish – explore the very different histories of home heating in their countries.
Many homeowners could save money on their heating bills by installing heat pumps – but not everyone, and not everywhere.
Getting off gas at home is healthier, cheaper and better for the planet. Now the Electrify 2515 community pilot project promises to demonstrate household electrification at scale.
Any heater that burns fuel without adequate ventilation is dangerous in a home – and none are as safe or efficient as a reverse-cycle air conditioner.
The public is largely open to moving away from fossil fuel use for residential heating and hot water.
Heat pumps can be 400% more efficient than a gas furnace.
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Knowledge Broker, Centre for Safe Air (NHMRC CRE), and Adjunct Researcher, Media School, University of Tasmania
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Research Associate in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
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PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis, University of California, Davis
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Environmental Fellow, Center for the Environment, Harvard University; Harvard Kennedy School
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Senior Research Fellow, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University and the South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney. Affiliate, Centre for Safe Air., UNSW
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System Lead - Cities, Climateworks Centre
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Researcher in architecture and urban planning, Climateworks Centre
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Professor of Urban Governance, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University
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Professor of Energy Policy, Member of Fuel Poverty Evidence and Trustee of the Fuel Poverty Research Network, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder