This BLOG discusses all-electric heating and cooling systems adding value to your home. It discusses mandatory energy ratings that have been in force in the UK and Europe for more than a decade, slowly catching on in Australia starting with the ACT. The justification for all-electric heating and cooling includes: a) lower running costs with solar power, b) adding value to your home and c) reducing Greenhouse emissions.
Heating, Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC) Design starts with thinking through your needs. Good building design has low heating and cooling requirements. This enables all-electric solutions with energy efficient appliances such as inverter heat pumps and air conditioners. These appliances can be largely powered by solar panels. The thermal energy can be stored in the mass inside your home during the day and released at night.
An energy assessment identifies areas to better manage. It leads to a plan for better energy management that reduces energy costs. Do an energy assessment to help you understand, measure, verify and better manage your energy use. This is more important for a large house or commercial facility, where energy use is higher. If you can measure it, you can manage it!
The Galletti ART-U Hydronic Fan Coil convector is becoming more popular with our all-electric heating and cooling quotes. It is designed for wall mounting in architectural spaces. This new Italian fan coil gives you efficient and effective hydronic heating and cooling when matched with an all-electric heat pump. It has a superior brushless fan motor that is very quiet. In summer, it works like a wall mounted air conditioner reducing temperature and dehumidifying your room.
This Victorian house in Castlemaine was transformed into a comfortable, low energy home. It features all-electric heat pump hydronic heating/cooling, heat recovery ventilation and heat pump hot water. The new home married its Victorian past to a modern extension using passive home principles.
A cool temperate climate zone such as Victoria is well suited to hydronic heat pumps. This is an efficient and effective way of heating and cooling if your home is well insulated. It will give you low operating costs and can be largely powered by your solar panels. Cool Temperate zones have: low humidity,
high diurnal range (temperature swings), cold to very cold winters and hot dry summers.
Choose the best air conditioning system for your home. Options are: Split, Multi Split, Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF), Energy Recovery or Ducted systems. All can be WIFI connected to operate on your electronic devices.
This all-electric house renovation in Port Melbourne features heat pump underfloor hydronic heating and cooling of the ground floor and hydronic radiator heating of the first floor. Multi split air conditioning of the first floor was added along with separate heat pump hot water. Ceiling fans assist the summer cooling improving efficiency. This period house was transformed into an all-electric, efficient and comfortable home.
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