Put simply this means that the cooler you can run the system the less it costs to operate.
Heat pump floor heating.
Perhaps the best matched heating system for any heat pump is radiant floor hydronic heating.
How much you ll save depends on local propane and electricity rates but a geothermal heat pump is around 350 efficient while a propane boiler would be less than 100 efficient.
A heat pump with hydronic underfloor heating offers silent operation in the heating zones and distributes radiant heat evenly through indoor spaces.
If properly designed and installed underfloor heating can run at very low temperatures.
The efficiency of an air source heat pump increases as the required flow temperature decreases.
As the air to air heat pump is capable to provide both heating and cooling it often happens especially in central and northern parts of north america that a heat pump is sized to provide most of the heat required by a house because the heating load is larger than cooling loads.
Underfloor heating is a great partner to an air source heat pump.
It s new zealand s best performing heat pump in cold conditions guaranteed to perform at its full heating capacity right down to 15 c.
The reason is simple the lower the design temperature the higher the performance of a heat pump.
Radiant floor heating with heat pump.
If the heat pump is oversized or undersized.
A geothermal heat pump would be an excellent heat source for radiant in floor heating particularly our w series heat pump.
Traditional radiators need to be heated to a high temperature between 149 167 degrees fahrenheit 65 75 degrees celsius in order to heat up a room effectively whereas floor heating only needs to run at a temperature of 84 degrees fahrenheit 29 degrees celsius or less depending on the floor finish in order to warm the room thereby consuming less energy and keeping your energy bills far lower.
One of the most often overlooked areas of a hydronic air to water heat pump is the ability to cool as well as heat.
The process of heating with a heat pump on a radiant floor heating system consists of heat transfer.
Most home owners are familiar with the advantage of radiant floor heating versus centralized forced air heat but most home owners including builders have no idea that radiant floor cooling is possible and can be very cost effective for those building a home with hydronic heat.
The device produces heat it is transferred to the piping and then the tubing makes the floor of your house warmer through the heat exchanger which immediately changes the entire environment.