
2025-09-02 03:23:02
Domestic Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady
"Heat pumps can help clean up factories — and save lives"
#HeatPumps #Energy
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Heat Manager:
🎵 '99 Camry
#HeatManager
https://heatmanager.bandcamp.com/track/99-camry
https://open.spotify.com/track/4npenQa8EhfDAjflSZIIl1
😳 Heat impairs teamwork more than individual performance, researchers find
#heat
"Dutch heating specialist offers residential heat pump for flat roofs"
#Netherlands #HeatPumps #Energy
More info on the Canadian trend of increasing heat pump installations. I may put together a short thread on our research, decision criteria, and what impacted our ultimate choice. Let me know if anyone would be interested in that information from a somewhat ignorant source :-)
#HVAC #HeatPump
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bakx-heat-pump-hvac-sales-heat-wave-cool-1.6918684
Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat
"Barcelona could suffer heat waves up to 6ºC more intense by the end of the century"
#Barcelona #Heatwaves #Climate
The ecological method of heating water:
1. Take some cold water from the well.
2. Pour it onto the shutters and the windowsill.
3. Warm water is dripping off the windowsill.
#heat
Good to see Tiago Forte talking about this. A lot of people read his stuff.
(He's a writer/teacher best known for the "Building a Second Brain" framework.)
"It was that summer when climate change stopped being an abstract concept and became viscerally personal for me. I realized that this wasn’t a one-time freak event—every summer we could expect deteriorating air quality from rampant wildfires. ...
"This convergence of physical heat, failing infrastructure, and human vulnerability isn’t just a temporary inconvenience. It’s a preview of the fundamental challenge that Jeff Goodell explores in The Heat Will Kill You First, a book that forced me to confront an uncomfortable truth: all our routines for productive living and working are built on the assumption of a stable climate. It no longer makes sense for me to teach people how to build productive systems without taking into account the increasing instability of our wider environment."
#TiagoForte #ClimateChange #ClimateDiary #environment #books #heatwave
16WW Heat Pump Sounds (2025) - How loud is it standing next to the fan? #heatpump #quiet - https://www.earth.org.uk/1…
16WW Heat Pump Sounds (2025) - How loud is it standing next to the fan? #heatpump #quiet - https://www.earth.org.uk/1…
Been a bit under the weather physically for a week or so, and I don't know if it's partly literally a weather thing or what. It feels like maybe the heatwave unsettled my system, and triggered a little echo of the dysautonomia I had after covid. Could be there was a connecting factor of getting slightly dehydrated, could just be the heat itself and the bodily effort of keeping cool.
#dysautonomia #heatwave #LongCovid
Domestic Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady
Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat
Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat
Cooling our old house in summer. This house was built in 1940 so it has gone through all the stages and types of heating you can probably imagine.
We installed a ductless ("air source") heat pump a few years back. This was a revelation after 15 years of "window management" and fans to keep a lid on the intense heat of the Alberni Valley.
It has made a wonderful difference both for cheaper heating in winter and newfound cooling potential in summer. We only could get one big enough for two of three floors.
So basement and main floor have a register like this.
Today, on the first official hot day of summer it is:
Outside temp: 33°C
Top Floor (windows open, fans on): 30°C
Main Floor (windows closed HP set to 23°C): 25°C
Basement (HP set to 23): I would estimate 23°C
We also have a hybrid HP/Electric hot water tank in the basement that I have blowing its outlet air into the room for summer to help keep the temperature down in the basement.
#home #energyefficiency #heatpumps #electric #portalberni
"Traditional solutions in Spain combatting the challenge of modern heat waves"
#Spain #Heatwave #Climate #ClimateChange
Domestic Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady
Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat
Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat
Good Morning #Canada
Yesterday, we purchased a new #HVAC system - a gas furnace and air-source #HeatPump. It's our 2nd heat pump as 16 years ago we installed geothermal in our previous home, thanks to a $10K energy rebate available at that time. Back then, I thought everyone would switch to this technology, but rebates disappeared, and upfront costs were a barrier. But new data shows heat pumps are almost even with traditional furnace installs.
#CanadaIsAwesome
https://440megatonnes.ca/insight/heat-pumps-continue-to-push-fossil-fuels-out-of-canadian-homes/
Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat
Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat
Domestic Heat Pumps: Barriers to Installation (2022) - A case study in the friction in specifying and installing a heat-pump in the UK, even for a savvy early adopter. #heatpump #netZero #futureReady
"Summer 2025 ranks among Spain's hottest ever after historic August heatwave"
#Spain #Heatwave #Climate #ClimateChange
Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat
"June likely to be among Europe's hottest on record as heatwave brings new temperature highs"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
"How Britain can beat the heat without becoming addicted to air conditioning"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Heatwave #Climate
"Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe"
#Europe #Heatwave #Climate #ClimateChange
"Heat pump rollout under threat if Government cuts £7,500 boiler upgrade scheme"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy #HeatPumps