The US Climate Alliance met in New York City this week to explain the benefits of heat pumps, including better health for American families.

25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America::The US Climate Alliance met in New York City this week to explain the benefits of heat pumps, including better health for American families.

  • jasondj@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sweet. I have oil-fired hydronic baseboard heat and indirect DHW. Live in Massachusetts. Does that mean they’ll be some good deals on moving to air-to-water heat pumps?

    And what about the 1-3 days a year when ambient is outside of operating range? Bundle up in front of resistive space heaters?

    • Ehoalid@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      Bundle up in front of resistive space heaters?

      Usually, when the temps are too cold for Heat Pumps to work super effectively, they still work a bit, just not enough to fully keep up with demand. So you could absolutely use resistive space heaters to supplement, not be sole heat source.

    • ThisOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      MA already has a program in place. Look up MassSave. Bet case scenario you could qualify for a 10k rebate and a 7year 0% interest loan.

      • jasondj@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        That actually sounds bangin. My only problem is I have underground electrical service and only 100A of it. I don’t even know where to start with that. Probably have to tear up my driveway and a bunch of trees to run a new service entry.

        • ThisOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Ya that sounds rough. Maybe they ran higher gauge cable and skimped on the breaker?

          I know electric work can be included in the loan for whatever that’s worth.

          • jasondj@ttrpg.networkEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Well that’s good to know. Will definitely have to look into it. My (oil) boiler and DHW are old as hell. I would love to go electric before they finally fail spectacularly and I get forced into replacing with more oil.

            • ThisOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Exactly what I’m doing right now. Oil tank is rated for 30 years, and it’s 32 years old.

              Start here and get an energy assessment done. Took about 90min, we did it on a video call.

              MassSave Home Energy Assessment

              They are also going to upgrade our insulation to current standards. $3000 job but through them we are paying $526.44. Also we got some free power strips and shower heads and a smart thermostat upgrade.

              If this whole heat pump install goes well I’m going to be telling literally everyone in MA to contact them…