Window-mounted heat pumps offer affordable heating and cooling for renters
By
Moncef Krarti
Summary
This article discusses how window-mounted heat pumps offer an affordable, efficient heating and cooling solution for renters and low-income households who have been excluded from the broader heat pump adoption trend. While permanently installed heat pump systems are expensive, new window units provide many of the same benefits at a fraction of the cost and can be taken by renters when they move. The article highlights that heating and cooling buildings account for 35% of U.S. energy use, and these window units could help bridge the gap in making energy-efficient technology accessible to more people.
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· 3 pulledPeople who rent their homes, or don't have enough money to make major upgrades to their homes, have for many years been left out of a major shift in heating and cooling technology that can improve efficiency, save money and be better for the global climate: heat pumps.
Heating and cooling buildings consumes 35% of all the energy used in the United States each year.
Permanently installing a heat pump system in a building is expensive. But new window units can deliver many of the benefits with far less cost and go with renters when they move.
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