Traditional heating systems like oil and coal generate high quantities of carbon dioxide emissions.
By investing in heat pumps, you can drastically reduce the need for fossil fuels and achieve
significant reductions in your carbon footprint – in a very cost-efficient way.
There are three types of heat pumps: air-to-air, water source, and ground source. They
collect heat from the air, water, or ground outside your building and concentrate it for use inside.
Outdoor air contains energy which can be utilised for heat generation, even at temperatures
far below zero. Air-source heat pumps can be used both for heating in winter and cooling in summer.
The heat pumps transform the energy from the outside air into hot or cold air inside, distributed
via the ventilation and heating systems in buildings.
For water-based systems, there are a number of available natural heat sources such as
ground, surface and sea water, sewage water, industrial wastewater etc. Ground water or water close
to the bottom of seas and lakes as energy source is easily available in many regions and offers a
stable temperature. Wastewater usually has a higher temperature.
A ground source heat pump system can even make you independent of district heating and push
the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from heating your property close to zero. Of course, all
three types of heat pumps can also be used as supportive heating system together with e.g. district
heating or gas central heating boilers.