IOWA CITY, Iowa — It’s that time of year where air conditioners are working around the clock, using high amounts of energy.
But there's actually an alternate option that can reduce your energy usage and help fight climate change. Heat pumps are technology that can heat or cool your home. Domestic Air Source Heat Pump
They pull heat from the ground to warm up the inside of your home, or can pull heat from the air and circulate it out to cool down your home.
There are several types of heat pumps available, and two examples are ground source pumps and air source pumps.
Traditional furnaces and air conditioners use combustion technology to create the heat or cold air, and then have to use more energy to circulate it.
Therefore, heat pumps will always be the more efficient option because they use less energy to move the heat and cool air around, rather than having to creating it.
And because less energy is needed to be produced, this results in lower greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
In terms of costs, a heat pump will typically cost more than an air conditioning unit, until you apply the federal tax credits available.
Although, federal tax incentives under the IRA will cover 30% of the costs, or up to $2000, for an air sources heat pump and an uncapped 30% of costs for a ground source heat pump.
So even though they cost more up-front, they will actually save you money in the long run.
Air Source Heat Pump Service Cost So rather than burning massive amounts of fuel, heat pumps utilize renewable energy sources like geothermal heat stored in the ground, wind power, and the overall surrounding air, overall lowering the carbon footprint.