Don’t get scammed into installing a Heat pump if you live anywhere that gets colder than - 20 Celsius …
I see people promoting this Technology here in Canada.
The units use power and refrigerant to transfer heat back and forth between outside and indoors. In cooler weather, it pulls warm air into a house; in the summer, it sucks the warm air from inside and transfers it outside.
Tip: there is no warm air in the outside when the temperatures drop below - 20 Celsius.
There was this project last year that installed Heat pumps in a glass link between 2 Commercial buildings.
The heat pumps stopped working when the Temperature dipped below - 25 Celsius. The sprinklers froze, burst and flooded the link and adjacent offices.
Complete disaster.
The average heat pump unit will cost you about double what a comparable air conditioning unit does. A standard unit can function as a heater until about 0 degrees Celsius, but can also provide cooling in the summer.
B.C. Hydro says heat pumps are up to 50 per cent more energy efficient than a window air conditioning unit. They cost anywhere from $6,000 to $18,000 for a full system.
Heat pump technology is starting to gain momentum in Canada, but Alberta's cold winters and prohibitive costs may be a roadblock to its popularity in this province.
Electric heat pumps have been billed as a cheaper, greener way to heat and cool homes.
Cheaper ???
New developments in the technology have also adapted the units to make them more effective in colder climates. However, those units can cost up to five times more than an air conditioner.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-too-cold-for-heat-pumps-1.6560215
